Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Nissan announces new supplier park; 800+ new jobs

MADISON COUNTY, MS (Mississippi News Now) -

Nissan is expanding it's Canton assembly plant and adding more than 800 jobs. Governor Phil Bryant joined Nissan employees Tuesday to break ground on a new supplier park.

This is expected to create 400 new supplier jobs plus 400 new Nissan employees that have already been hired since June 1 in anticipation of the project.

Discuss on CIRCLE

Source: http://newslink.cspire.com/content/nissan-announces-new-supplier-park-800-new-jobs.358963

Aaron Craft school closings ariana grande gonzaga lyme disease temple university palm sunday

'Masters of Sex' takes explicit look at sexuality

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) ? There's so much sex depicted on a new cable TV series about researchers Masters and Johnson that filming it became ho-hum for star Michael Sheen.

"I never thought I would get used to having a naked woman in front of me masturbating ... but I actually broke that barrier on the show," Sheen, who plays researcher William Masters, said Tuesday.

He plays opposite Lizzy Caplan as co-researcher and future wife Virginia Johnson in Showtime's "Masters of Sex," an explicit depiction of the pair and their groundbreaking mid-20th century scientific investigation of human sexuality.

The series, based on Thomas Maier's 2009 nonfiction book, debuts Sept. 29 on Showtime. Johnson died last week at age 88 in St. Louis. She was divorced from Masters, who died in 2001.

Sheen, whose film credits include "The Queen," said the story remains pertinent because the same "problems of intimacy" and making connections with people apply today.

During a Q&A session with the Television Critics Association, the difficulty of talking about sex publicly became apparent. One reporter asked the cast and producers how the series can include humor without appearing to titter at sexuality.

"We just had a slightly inappropriate look into your sex life. We all thank you for that," Sheen replied, drolly.

Caplan (TV's "True Blood," ''New Girl") said the researchers' work at Washington University in St. Louis and later at their own institute was especially important for women, allowing them to understand and accept their sexuality as healthy.

"Before Masters and Johnson, no one was telling women that. It was always their own fault," Caplan said. "And that's some (baloney)."

The series embellished some characters but "stuck to the facts very carefully," said producer Michelle Ashford. "Certainly (with) the research, we fudged none of that."

Masters and Johnson became big celebrities who were the topic of late-night talk show hosts and on the cover of news magazines. Their work drew some criticism, especially in an era when sex was seldom discussed in public and certainly not in detail.

The cast, asked whether filming sex scenes proved embarrassing, said there was a painstaking effort to protect the actors by making the production "comfortable and safe," Sheen said.

Cast member Teddy Sears recalled director John Madden saying, "I want to protect your modesty," then mimicked the British Madden giving a stage direction: "Grab her bum."

Doing repeated takes of one clinical sex scene turned out to be "decidedly unsexy after a while," Sears said.

The panelists, including executive producer Sarah Timberman, said they were not in touch with Johnson because they'd wanted to respect her privacy.

"She wanted to live out her the last few years of her life not in the limelight," Caplan said.

Johnson "bared her soul in the book (by Maier) and then was done with that," said producer Ashford.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/masters-sex-takes-explicit-look-sexuality-003735526.html

philip humber chuck colson ufc 145 results white sox orrin hatch marlon byrd charles colson

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Oprah Has Extravagant Lunch While On Safari In Africa

oprahsafari072913.jpg

What do you get for the woman who has everything?! The Serengeti of course!

Oprah and her main man Stedman Graham have been vacationing in Africa's Serengeti Plains and the media mogul has taken to Twitter and Instagram to document her amazing trip. During the safari holiday, the 59-year-old billionaire photographed cheetahs, elephants and other wild life. Oprah and Stedman, who have been going strong 27 years, also enjoyed a hot air balloon ride together, which Oprah wrote wrote about, saying, "favorite experience on Serengeti: Sunrise in Hot Air Balloon. A SuperSoulSunday moment indeed!

We don't know exactly what a "SuperSoulSunday" is but if it involves animals and a hot-air balloon ride -- we will take it!

After at the picturesque ride, Oprah had a lunch feast on the plains fit for a king -- or rather queen. Lady O posted a pic of the heavenly meal, complete with zebras prancing in the background, and wrote, "Safe landing. Gonna eat and run. Back to US, yay!"

Not a bad last meal before coming back to the US!

Oprah is no stranger to Africa -- she founded the ?Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls? in 2007, which is a boarding school for girls outside of Johannesburg in South Africa. The philanthropist has visited the school several times since it was founded.

Hey any billionaires out there want to take us on a safari? We don't eat much and we pack light!

Source: http://x17online.com/celebrities/oprah_winfrey/oprah_winfrey_lunch_safari_africa_photos_072913.php

lawrence o donnell magic johnson jetblue pilot solicitor general neighborhood watch dodgers sale tami roman

St. Paul Mayor Coleman, Sir Richard Branson take a look at drug policy

St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman touched on the thorny issue of drug policy reform Sunday at the Landmark Center after viewing a documentary about the war on drugs.

Coleman participated in a panel discussion along with Sir Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group, who is promoting the documentary "Breaking the Taboo," which chronicles the supposed worldwide failures of the war on drugs.

Since it debuted in December, discussions about the film, which Branson's son, Sam, co-produced, have centered on the debate about whether drugs should be treated as a health problem rather than a criminal problem.

Richard Branson, a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, has been critical of the war on drugs. Coleman has been supportive of drug courts and other efforts that often promote rehabilitation over incarceration.

"When the drug courts were started in Hennepin County, there was a lot of controversy about that," Coleman told the audience that nearly filled the Landmark Center's 230-seat auditorium. "But people all of a sudden realized that there was a tremendous benefit. It got people in recovery ... and saved money."

Coleman noted that Minnesota has been at the forefront of recovery and often is referred to as the "land of 10,000 treatment centers."

"We do it as good as anybody," he said. "Addiction is painful, and it is really important that people have resources and places to turn."

Many audience members cheered as Coleman noted how the war on drugs has hit the African-American community especially hard.

"Again, I'm not here to advocate for deregulation of all drugs or anything. I'm just saying that this isn't working, and we're seeing the consequences of that," Coleman said.

Branson is believed to be one of the richest business moguls in Britain, and the Virgin Group -- which includes Virgin Atlantic Airways and Virgin Megastores -- spans more than 400 companies. Branson was in St. Paul to also attend the Starkey Hearing Foundation gala held at RiverCentre.

Treating addiction as a public health problem instead of a crime would reduce the money spent on law enforcement and incarceration, Branson said Sunday.

"The first step is (that) nobody caught with any kind of drug would ever be sent to prison," he said. "If they have a drug problem, they will be helped. That has worked in other countries around the world, and that would be great if that could be introduced here. Ask yourself if you'd want your brother, sister or children sent to prison or helped."

The others panelists Sunday were Sarah Gordon, an HIV counseling coordinator with the Minnesota Department of Health, and Naya Arbiter, vice president of the Amity Foundation, a nonprofit that provides drug treatment services in California, New Mexico and Arizona.

Filmed in eight countries and narrated by Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman, "Breaking the Taboo," launched online on Hulu.com last week.

More screenings are planned in more than 20 venues in the U.S., England, Thailand and Australia.

Nick Ferraro can be reached at 651-228-2173. Follow him at twitter.com/NFerraroPiPress.

Source: http://www.twincities.com/health/ci_23750522/st-paul-coleman-wants-new-look-at-drug?source=rss

ncaa tournament kids choice awards Miley Cyrus Twerk ncaa march madness cbs march madness bracket ncaa basketball scores

If the iPhone 5C is real, do you think Apple could phase out the iPod touch to m...

Sorry, Readability was unable to parse this page for content.

Source: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151520757556761&set=a.461992681760.245794.27849291760&type=1

saints bounty program toulouse france ny jets ny jets the situation tim tebow jets katy perry part of me video

Monday, July 29, 2013

5 Things Bevacco And New Executive Chef Gabriele Corcos Can ...

Long time BHB readers may recall that we predicted here in 2007 that the North Heights was poised to become a culinary hot spot. So, with the the debut of Gabriele Corcos at Bevacco Friday night and with the opening of Sociale two blocks down Henry Street planned for Monday (7/29) it?s hard not to be amped up about that ?vision? becoming reality.

Despite our unbridled enthusiasm about his arrival, our experience at Bevacco Friday night for Corcos? debut as Executive Chef was less than spectacular. The food and new menu (which didn?t feel that new or different) is unremarkable comparatively speaking to, say, fellow TV chef Elizabeth Falkner?s run at Atlantic Avenue?s Krescendo. We?ll give Corcos a mulligan on that one considering he?s relatively new to the restaurant business.

Also of note is the revised drinks menu which shows much promise. That said, even a casual fan of Extra Virgin, the Cooking Channel show Corcos hosts with actress wife Debi Mazar, can feel that his creativity was a bit restrained on Night 1.

Yes, it was Corcos? first night and a new beginning for the eatery housed at the perpetually cursed ?Corner of Cranberry? but the long standing issue of slow, aloof and unorganized service that has plagued Bevacco since its opening continues to be its Achilles heel. While we found our meal to be competent ? like dinner at foodie friend?s house ? whatever satisfaction the food and drink provided was undermined by the usual crazy quilt of service at the eatery. And it wasn?t just us, the table next to us received a bottle of hot white wine. When they mentioned this to their server the reply was essentially, ?we don?t usually serve cold bottles of wine.?

The high profile Corcos did pop out of the kitchen to greet diners but from our perspective he appeared to ignore those he didn?t seem to know or to think were important. Most restaurants soft open for ?Friends and Family? before opening to the general public but if you?re allowing regular punters (like us!) to dine on Opening Night then everyone should be treated like ?Friends and Family.?

For example when our final drink order hadn?t arrived for over 20 minutes and our check was dropped and charging for those still undelivered drinks, Corcos bounded towards us with two limoncellos (the order we?d place and were still waiting for) in hand. That?s enough for us and most folks ? famous chef or not ? to salve even the worst episode of bad service. That is, unless the chef actually drops those drinks at another table he?d been hobnobbing with all night. That made us wonder if our food had been contaminated with some sort of Tuscan invisibility potion. (File under: Yes, Pete Wells has a point.) To be fair, the warm white wine table did get a selfie with Mazar ? but it?s unclear whether they?re friends IRL.

All this aside, a celebrity chef holding court every night on Henry Street should and can be a great thing for Brooklyn Heights. And while our first experience under this new regime totally bummed us out, we?re holding out hope that Bevacco will rise above these issues.

It?s times like these we wonder ? What Would Gordon Ramsay Say?

1) Fix The Problems, Find A Leader.

As Ramsay told the owners of ?Grasshopper Also?, ?This restaurant will not succeed unless you make the necessary staff changes.? In his monologue, Ramsay adds the the eatery had everything it needed to succeed except a ?leader.?

2) Get Out Of Denial. Ramsay tells Allan Love, the recalcitrant owner of Ruby Tates Loves Fish that the ?quicker you get out of denial, the quicker we can work together.? Remember folks, it takes team work to make the dream work.

3) Communication Is Key. Transparency, respect and honesty may not always be a joy ride but it?ll make for a more productive restaurant. At Seascape, the owner and chef didn?t speak to each other.

4) Overpriced And Underwhelming Is No Way To Run A Restaurant. At Rococo, Ramsay railed against its pretentious food and ?f*&^ing ridiculous prices?. After we dropped a double C-note for our experience at Bevacco this is particularly relevant.

5) Super-Serve The Locals. ?When running a restaurant in Spain, don?t piss off the locals,? Ramsay says in the episode featuring La Parra. After a disastrous catering event for a local charity, the restaurant had a hard time convincing area residents to dine there. They never recovered from that mistake. The Brooklyn Heights restaurants that do well in the area know this and all have strong list of regulars ? Noodle Pudding, Henry?s End, Jack the Horse, Armando?s, River Deli, Colonie and a few others are great examples. Put simply, showbiz friends, unless they live in the area, will not carry the business beyond relaunch.

BONUS TIP: Whatever You Do, Don?t Act Like Amy?s Baking Company.

Source: http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/61340

Danell Leyva Ye Shiwen OJ Murdock Olympics Live Mens Gymnastics Allison Schmitt Olympic Schedule

Amanda Berry Cheered at Nelly Concert in First Public Appearance Since Rescue

Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2013/07/amanda-berry-cheered-at-nelly-concert-in-first-public-appearance/

bolton muamba crystal cathedral sxsw st. patrick s day brandon lloyd brandon lloyd celtic thunder

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood marches on military facility

A spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood said the marchers had set off from the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in northern Cairo, where they have been manning a vigil to demand deposed President Mohammed Morsi's reinstatement.

At least 72 Morsi supporters were shot dead by security forces on Saturday near the vigil, deepening the turmoil convulsing the country since the army shunted Egypt's first freely elected president from power on July 3.

A Reuters reporter said the march numbered several thousand, chanting: "Our blood and souls we sacrifice for Morsi." The military intelligence building is several miles from the site of the vigil.

The army, saying it was aware of the planned march, issued a statement urging protesters "not to come close to military facilities in general, and the headquarters of military intelligence specifically."

Thousands of Brotherhood supporters are defying a threat by Egypt's army-backed authorities to clear them from the site of the vigil.

Saturday's killings at dawn, following a day of rival mass rallies, fuelled global anxiety that the Arab world's most populous nation - a bridge between the Middle East and North Africa - risked broader conflagration.

The European Union's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, was due to meet on Monday with the army's General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who led the overthrow of Mr Morsi, and officials of the Freedom and Justice Party, the Brotherhood's political wing.

Edited by Bonnie Malkin

Source: http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568301/s/2f459338/sc/20/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cnews0Cworldnews0Cafricaandindianocean0Cegypt0C10A20A810A0A0CEgypt0EMuslim0EBrotherhood0Emarches0Eon0Emilitary0Efacility0Bhtml/story01.htm

san francisco giants marco scutaro Russell Means Taylor Swift Red Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 2 Medal of Honor Warfighter Richard Mourdock

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Obamacare contraception: Could religious exemption be headed to Supreme Court?

Sharp disagreement between US appeals courts suggests the issue of religious exemptions for the Obamacare contraception requirement could be on a fast track to the Supreme Court.

By Warren Richey,?Staff writer / July 26, 2013

A pharmacist Simon Gorelikov holds a generic emergency contraceptive, also called the morning-after pill, at the Health First Pharmacy in Boston.

Elise Amendola/AP/File

Enlarge

For-profit, secular corporations may not claim a religious exemption from providing employees with certain methods of contraception as required under President Obama?s health-care mandate, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

Skip to next paragraph

' + google_ads[0].line2 + '
' + google_ads[0].line3 + '

'; } else if (google_ads.length > 1) { ad_unit += ''; } } document.getElementById("ad_unit").innerHTML += ad_unit; google_adnum += google_ads.length; return; } var google_adnum = 0; google_ad_client = "pub-6743622525202572"; google_ad_output = 'js'; google_max_num_ads = '1'; google_feedback = "on"; google_ad_type = "text"; // google_adtest = "on"; google_image_size = '230x105'; google_skip = '0'; // -->

In a 2-to-1 decision, the panel of the Third US Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled that although corporations have free speech rights under the Supreme Court?s Citizens United decision, they do not enjoy the protections of the free exercise of religion.

?We simply cannot understand how a for-profit, secular corporation ? apart from its owners ? can exercise religion,? Judge Robert Cowen wrote for the two-judge majority.

The case is one of 60 lawsuits across the country challenging the contraceptive portion of the employer health-care mandate on religious grounds.

Last month, the full Tenth US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a case involving the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores that for-profit, secular corporations can claim the protections of religious freedom.

That court upheld an injunction blocking the required provision of contraceptive methods that offended the company owners? religious beliefs.

The sharp disagreement between the appeals court in Philadelphia and the Tenth Circuit in Denver suggests that the dispute may now be on a fast track for review at the US Supreme Court.?

Friday?s decision comes in a case filed by the owners of a Pennsylvania furniture company, all members of the same family and all devout Mennonites.

The owners objected to being forced to pay for contraception methods that they consider abortifacients.

The mandate, which took effect in January, forced the owners to choose between violating their religious beliefs or facing the destruction of their business through fines of $95,000 a day.

The company, Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation, employs 950 workers. It provides a health insurance plan for employees in line with mandated health insurance coverage, but the owners objected on religious grounds to inclusion of certain kinds of contraceptives that involve destruction of a fertilized egg.

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/csm/~3/o1pBeG8xHJM/Obamacare-contraception-Could-religious-exemption-be-headed-to-Supreme-Court

Nba.com Tim Samaras speech jammer Jean Stapleton Matt Smith Summer Jam 2013 the killing

State Farm to sue NV Energy over 2011 wildfire in Reno

RENO (AP) -- State Farm Insurance plans to seek action against NV Energy for claims stemming from a November 2011 wildfire in Reno sparked by arcing power lines.

The wind-driven fire destroyed 26 homes and damaged 17.

The Reno Gazette-Journal reports State Farm has sent letters to customers notifying them that the company will file action against NV Energy through a long-standing industry practice known as subrogation.

It's a legal action that can be taken by insurance companies against a third party they believe to be responsible for damage sustained by customers.

State Farm declined to comment about specifics because it has yet to be filed.

A NV Energy spokesman says the company doesn't comment on pending lawsuits.

Click here to read this story on www.mynews3.com

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/52600483/ns/local_news-las_vegas_nv/

the lucky one pittsburgh pirates mariners mets shades of grey jennie garth space needle

Twitter casts new light on blanket royal baby coverage

News presenter Natalie Morales of NBC Today knits baby booties in opposite St Mary's Hospital

NBC presenter Natalie Morales knits baby booties opposite St Mary's Hospital as the media waits for the royal birth. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

Twitter added something quite new to the royal learning curve. We already knew many of the lessons on offer last week. That 14-and-a-half hours of waiting for nothing remotely visual to happen outside a hospital on Britain's hottest day seemed like a hardship posting for 90 or so TV crews and at least 150 photographers. That the hours of nothing to say have to be filled by saying something asinine. That expecting Sophie Raworth (two daughters, one son), Julie Etchingham (two sons) or Kate Silverton (one daughter) to simulate ecstasy over this miracle child flies in the face of experience or reality. That all newborn babies look much the same. Aahh! That recent mums have a residual bump. And that the Guardian website's special home page ? press Royalist to get the whole works and Republican to see it vanish in a trice ? was a demonstration of digital gymnastics scary enough to make David Cameron drool.

Yet it was the tweets that told the underlying story. The Mail and Telegraph are keen on leftwing conspiracies: no, not just in the Indy or Guardian, but amid the tentacles enfolding the BBC. All life, it seems, is warped to a hidden agenda. But Twitter, through the wastelands of waiting, told a parallel story. Were the reporters and columnists from papers and news organisations right, left or centre displaying genuine fascination with unfolding events, or were they just groaning sotto voce? Was the excitement that filled US news-channel screens fact or confected fiction? Frankly, my dear, did anyone give a damn ? except the millions of readers, viewers and unique visitors out there who, it was variously assumed, displayed rapt attention? Could this ? as the BBC put it ? really be "the people's pregnancy"?

Of course, in a way, there are moments of history here. Hail the future King George (86 when the next millennium dawns). Strike a few more peripheral royals off the civil list. Watch opinion polls squeeze the republican vote still further, at least for a while. But if I were sitting in Buckingham Palace pondering the future, I wouldn't be worrying much over any of these things: rather, uneasily, the perception that when push came to gush, the media was delivering a battle of bitten lips. Here were columnists for Tory papers making bad jokes about hard Labour. Here was a sweaty BBC presenter groaning that "nothing's going to happen". It was routine royal business as usual from London to LA.

And the question for journalists to ask themselves is a nagging one. Do we jump through all these hoops, fill all these hours, churn out of all these supplements, because our audience is enthralled ? or because we merely suppose they're enthralled?

Somehow 2.8% of the viewing population watching BBC News (not to mention 1.6% of the Sky News legions) through the longest day doesn't quite hit that spot. Somehow 50,000 extra copies of The Times as stowaway souvenirs doesn't do it either. Perhaps too many punters were on the phone to YouGov at the time, defining how interested they were in this amazing baby. Answer: not very, 29%; not at all, 24%; don't know, 2%.

Of course it all surged up later, when there were swaddling clothes there to see. Of course the blogosphere staged its predictable explosion. Of course two obviously cheery young marrieds had something pleasant to celebrate. And of course some millions of Brits and others round the globe wished to celebrate with them. A happy event. But this blanket of media cynicism and boredom that suffocates such simple feeling? An enthusiasm fuelled by audience figures alone? Portent because it's expected, not felt? Alas, that's nothing to feel happy about.

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/jul/28/twitter-blanket-royal-baby-coverage

gwyneth paltrow Pink moon Schwab cispa Katherine Russell Tsarnaev Richie Havens Allan Arbus

Pope scolds rich, demands social justice in visit to Brazil slum

By Philip Pullella and Anthony Boadle

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Thursday issued the first social manifesto of his young pontificate, telling slum dwellers in Brazil that the world's rich must do much more to wipe out vast inequalities between the haves and the have-nots.

The pope also urged Brazil's youth, who have taken part in recent protests showing discontent with the status quo, to keep alive their "sensitivity towards injustice" and be a catalyst in the fight against corruption.

The first Latin American pope, who has rallied the Church on behalf of the poor and who lives more austerely than his predecessors, called for a "culture of solidarity" to replace the "selfishness and individualism" prevailing in modern society.

"No one can remain insensitive to the inequalities that persist in the world," he told residents of Manguinhos, a sprawling shantytown, or favela, of ramshackle brick dwellings that until recently was overrun by violence and controlled by drug lords.

His speech, under rains that have persisted throughout most of his first trip abroad as pope, came halfway through a week-long visit around World Youth Day, a gathering of young Catholics that is expected to attract more than a million faithful to Rio de Janeiro and nearby sites.

Despite the downpours and unusually chilly weather, tens of thousands of rapturous Brazilians and foreign visitors have turned out to welcome the pope. The World Youth Day events are an effort by the Vatican to inspire Catholics at a time when rival denominations, secularism and sexual and financial scandals continue to lead some to abandon the Church.

Brazil, home to the world's biggest population of Catholics with over 120 million faithful, is an apt locale for the pope to remind the world of inequality. A recent decade of economic growth in the country raised incomes for many, but tens of millions of Brazilians still live in poverty or with little more than the basics to get by.

In Manguinhos, Francis, an Argentine known for frequent outings into the slums near Buenos Aires even as a cardinal, smiled and visibly enjoyed the chaotic close contact allowed with residents there. He called for more efforts to end poverty and said authorities must do more than just crack down on the drug trade to ensure opportunities for those at the bottom of the economic ladder.

"Everybody, according to his or her particular opportunities and responsibilities, should be able to make a personal contribution to putting an end to so many social injustices," he said in an address on a muddy, rain-drenched soccer field next to a river smelling of sewer water.

Making the speech after blessing the favela's small chapel and visiting one of its homes on a recently cleaned street, the pope challenged the rich and powerful to use their influence to enact lasting change.

"I would like to make an appeal to those in possession of greater resources, to public authorities and to all people of good will who are working for social justice: never tire of working for a more just world, marked by greater solidarity!" he said.

Reflecting his humble personal style, Francis said he would like to have been able to stop in every Brazilian home "to ask for a glass of cold water, to take a cafezinho, but not a shot of cacha?a," a mention of Brazilian rum that drew laughter from the crowd.

Driving in an open popemobile, Francis was surrounded by a throng of residents, some barefoot, and leaned out to kiss a woman and shake extended hands as he entered the slum, where there was a heavy presence of police and military.

'PACIFICATION' OF POOR NOT ENOUGH

The pope praised Brazil?s efforts over the last decade to reduce poverty in Latin America's largest nation, which last month was rocked by massive protests against corruption, the misuse of public money and the high cost of living.

But he said more needed to be done to bridge the gap between rich and poor at the root of social injustice, in a reference to the police occupation of Rio's slums started last year to "pacify" drug-related violence.

"No amount of 'pacification' will be able to last, nor will harmony and happiness be attained in a society that ignores, pushes to the margins or excludes a part of itself," he said.

Manguinhos, home to about 35,000 poor people, was known locally as "Gaza Strip" for its frequent shootings. It is one of the slums that have been part of a community policing operation that has reduced violence in the shantytowns of Rio de Janeiro.

"In those days, I never knew when I entered the church if I would be alive when I got out," said Father Marcio Queiroz, pastor of the local chapel. "It was like a fruit market but instead of selling fruit on the tables on the street there was guns, crack and other drugs."

At one end of the sports field where Francis spoke hung a huge painting of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, who often denounced repression and poverty in his weekly homilies and was murdered by a right-wing death squad in 1980.

Francis has decided to unblock the beatification process for Romero, the penultimate step before Catholic sainthood.

From the slum, Francis traveled to Rio's modern cathedral, where he received a roaring welcome from tens of thousands of young people from his native country who were in Rio for the Catholic jamboree.

On Thursday evening he is to welcome participants in the World Youth Day from a stage on the crescent shaped Copacabana beach. More than one million people are expected for the event.

On Sunday, he presides at the close of World Youth Day in a pasture outside Rio before leaving for Rome that evening.

(Editing by Paulo Prada and Vicki Allen)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pope-scolds-rich-demands-social-justice-visit-brazil-103446753.html

Zara Hartshorn SCOTUS nadal Nina Agdal iOS 7 beta 2 scottie pippen supreme court

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Need help updating your Nexus 4 to Android 4.3?

Nexus 4 about screen

It's important to remember that not everyone's a whiz when it comes to the command-line aspect of Android. And to that end, the fine folks in our forums — 1.6 million strong and growing — have you covered. 

The over-the-air update that brings the Nexus 4 to Android 4.3 is pushing out now. But if for some reason you haven't gotten it yet and you don't want to wait any longer, Phalgun Gujjar in our forums has a nice little tutorial for sideloading the update. No, it doesn't root your phone, and it's really no different than just waiting for the update to push out. It's quick and it's easy and it's a great way to learn one of the basics of working with your Android phone with the command line.

    


Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/rzJCduw5fEQ/story01.htm

Rudy Gay Jim Nabors The Americans bank of america online banking Adairsville Ga ashley judd Alois Bell

Have The SEO Blues? Try Some Expert Advice To Boost Your ...

The term ?search engine optimization? refers to deliberately crafting parts of your website to improve its search engine performance. There is an entire industry that revolves around search engine optimization. Some people might tell you that SEO is an arcane field beyond the reach of ordinary webmasters. Pay no attention to that.

Make sure you use the right keyword density when optimizing your website. To keep out of trouble, at least 80 percent of your page content should not be keywords.

Keywords that best identify your business should be prominent in your domain name. After all, you want people to find your website easily. Remember, not all people coming to your site will be from advertisements, some people will come from searching for products that are on your site.

To make your site more noticeable you should use a lot of keywords; even ones that are misspelled in the meta tag area. Sites that have effective meta tags will show up in more searches for a higher variety of keywords. For example, if you have a website about Maine Coon cats, then use ?Maine Coon? as well as ?Main Coon? and ?Mainecoon.?

Anchor Text

Internal links must use relevant anchor text for the best impact. Not using proper keywords in your anchor text will harm your ratings in search rankings. Good anchor text will really help improve your search engine rank.

When selecting a domain name, choose one that is easily remembered and has a name that has something to do with what you are selling. A memorable name is important, especially for people who find your content through social media sites.

Instead of writing AP styles for SEO, try writing SEO. This means repeating keywords as much as possible without breaking up the flow of the writing. One reason using keywords will improve your rankings on search engines is that search engine spiders work by locating and weighting keywords.

Search Engines

Blogging about your website, business, or personal life can really boost your search engine rankings. Blogs are a great format for search engine optimization, because they have a nice link structure and update regularly; two key points search engines look for. Search engines look very highly upon websites with a lot of backlinks.

Take the initiative to request that a non-profit or educational site link back to your site content. Any reputable site that links to your website will help you greatly when it comes to ranking with search engines. Ensure that the quality of your content is high, and you may attract reliable, professional organizations who want to feature a link to your site on their own. You must create unique content that is useful for these sites.

You want to make sure that your keyword is included in your domain name. This will draw visitors who are truly interested in your site?s content. There are many people who will be searching for specific products on the site. It is important to make it easy for them to find what they need.

After choosing which keywords are best for your site, get as many as you can in your web page?s title. The first impression of your site is generated by the title, so choose it with care. This way, your site will be clicked because it most fits the search results the user typed in.

A site map is an important part of your website if you want search engines to be able to create an index of your site pages. These maps make it easy to find any subpage on your site. Even if your site is small, a site map can have a big impact on its search engine rankings.

It is essential to regularly add new content and publish fresh articles. Set a weekly goal, and no matter the size remain with it. Search engines recognize websites that constantly update their content as being more informative and up-to-date than those who don?t. As a result, these sites are indexed more often. Higher page rankings are awarded to sites with frequent new content.

You can do this by creating a robots. txt file and putting it in the root of your directory. The contents of this file will direct the search engines to ignore certain parts of your site.

You rarely get image links with sites that are optimized for various search engines. Search engine bots can only parse the URL of an image link for search-relevant keywords.

Optimizing your webpage makes it more visible for your customers. Unfortunately, some online businesses still underestimate the importance of their search engine rankings.

You can give your SEO efforts a boost by using off-site linking, but make sure these links lead to quality content from a reputable site. This is best way to use linking. Relevant links to other websites are more valuable from a SEO perspective than the links that interlink your website. When choosing which websites to link to from your website, you should opt for websites that are willing to link to your website in return. This will further improve your rank.

Using a product feed will give your business a more visible presence and help draw more potential customers to your website. Feeds like this detail your services and products with images, descriptions and prices. Submit your blog posts to shopping comparison websites and all of the major search engines. A feed reader is a program which allows people to keep up with their favorite websites via email. Your clients may interested in following your feed this way.

If you use the plural form or longer form of keywords, you will get more listings in the search results. Keyword stemming is a popular technique of some search engines. By choosing the keyword ?accountant?, alternate forms of the word, such as ?accounting? or ?accountants?, may not automatically be included in the search engine results. Using the longest version of any keyword result will return all the shorter results.

Search Engines

When you are selecting the keywords and phrases you want to use to attract the search engines, try to think like a customer rather than an insider. Determine what string of words your target audience are typing into search engines.

You should sell yourself to others as a specialist in your field. This marketing tool can be extremely useful. Creating a website that is designed around a niche of buyers is absolutely critical. Then, use search engine optimization tools to help buyers find your services and products. Keep in mind that it?s critical to your company?s success to give customers the items they want, rather than what you might assume they want.

Remember that it takes time to see SEO results. Sometimes it will seem like all your efforts are being done in vain. With millions of websites already online, it will take time for yours to fight its way to the front. You need to stay with it, even if you are not seeing any changes yet. As time goes on, all of these efforts will start to improve your site ranking.

Search engine optimization is a field with a lot of information to master, but there is room for both amateurs and professionals. Instead of wasting time and money hiring someone else, learn a few simple tips to get your website to the top of the search engines? listings. Attracting more visitors to your website is not as hard as it looks.

About the Author:

mlm leads

Emmanuel Adegbola was online for four miserable years (according to him), without any proven result,  he had no mentor, no focus, no serious marketing system in place until he stumbled across MLSP that has literally changed his business almost overnight. He is now a leader in the industry helping many people to reach their goals and making full potential dream income from the comfort of their homes. He is called the King of Lead Generation. Emmanuel generates leads online like water and growing in his business across the globe daily.

If you?re sick and tired of not getting the type of result you desire in your business, click here now to discover the new cutting-edge technology Emmanuel uses to generate leads daily, sponsor Reps into his primary business and creating wealth on a fast track.
mlsp-l3-badge
BetterNetworker.com User Profiles - Emmanuel Adegbola

Click Here now to Work with Me in MLSP

?

Skype: sinexworldwide
Email: info@emmanueladegbola.com

mlm leads

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

Tags: anchor text, search engine optimization, search engine rankings, search engines, search results

Source: http://emmanueladegbola.com/have-the-seo-blues-try-some-expert-advice-to-boost-your-rankings/

Tim Samaras speech jammer Jean Stapleton Matt Smith Summer Jam 2013 the killing grant hill

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Market Report, "DTE Energy Company (DTE) - Alternative Energy - Deals and Alliances Profile", published

2013-07-24 02:02:13 - New Energy research report from GlobalData is now available from Fast Market Research

DTE Energy Company (DTE Energy) is a diversified energy company that develops and manages energy-related businesses and services. DTE Energy operates through three business segments, namely, Electric Utility, Gas Utility and Non-Utility Operations. DTE Electric generates, purchases, transmits and distributes electricity in Southeastern Michigan; while DTE Gas stores, transports and distributes natural gas throughout Michigan. The company also conducts a variety of energy-related businesses, namely, natural gas pipelines, gathering and storage; power and industrial projects and coal transportation and marketing; and energy marketing and trading operations. DTE Energy is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, the US.

The company strategic intent is to be the most preferred supplier of electricity generation in the southeast Michigan. In this regard the company is working with

its customers, regulatory agencies and communities to be the reliable, low cost supplier of the electricity. The company in order to ensure generation and network reliability continues to make the capital investments in their generation plants and the distribution systems which will improve availability of the plants, operating efficiencies and the environmental compliance in the areas which have a positive impact on reliability with a goal to achieve high customer satisfaction.

Full Report Details at
- www.fastmr.com/prod/652853_dte_energy_company_dte_alternative_en ..

DTE Energy Company (DTE) - Alternative Energy - Deals and Alliances Profile provides you comprehensive data and trend analysis of the company's Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As), partnerships and financings. The report provides detailed information on Mergers and Acquisitions, Equity/Debt Offerings, Private Equity, Venture Financing and Partnership transactions recorded by the company over a five year period. The report offers detailed comparative data on the number of deals and their value categorized into deal types, sub-sector and regions.

GlobalData derived the data presented in this report from proprietary in-house Alternative Energy eTrack deals database, and primary and secondary research.

Scope

* Financial Deals - Analysis of the company's financial deals including Mergers and Acquisitions, Equity/Debt Offerings, Private Equity, Venture Financing and Partnerships.
* Deals by Year - Chart and table displaying information encompassing the number of deals and value reported by the company by year, for a five year period.
* Deals by Type - Chart and table depicting information including the number of deals and value reported by the company by type such as Mergers and Acquisitions, Equity/Debt Offering etc.
* Deals by Region - Chart and table presenting information on the number of deals and value reported by the company by region, which includes North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa and South and Central America.
* Deals by Sub-sector - Chart and table showing information on the number of deals and value reported by the company, by sub-sector.
* Major Deals - Information on the company's major financial deals. Each such deal has a brief summary, deal type, deal rationale; and deal financials and target Company's (major public companies) key financial metrics and ratios.
* Business Description - A brief description of the company's operations.
* Key Employees - A list of the key executives of the company.
* Important Locations and Subsidiaries - A list and contact details of key centers of operation and subsidiaries of the company.
* Key Competitors - A list of the key competitors of the company.
* Key Recent Developments - A brief on recent news about the company.

Reasons to Get this Report

Get detailed information on the company's financial deals that enable you to understand the company's expansion/divestiture and fund requirements

* The profile enables you to analyze the company's financial deals by region, by year, by business segments and by type, for a five year period.

Understand the company's business segments' expansion / divestiture strategy

* The profile presents deals from the company's core business segments' perspective to help you understand its corporate strategy.

Access elaborate information on the company's recent financial deals that enable you to understand the key deals which have shaped the company

* Detailed information on major recent deals includes a summary of each deal, deal type, deal rationale, deal financials and Target Company's key financial metrics and ratios.

Equip yourself with detailed information about the company's operations to identify potential customers and suppliers.

* The profile analyzes the company's business structure, locations and subsidiaries, key executives and key competitors.

Stay up-to-date on the major developments affecting the company

* Recent developments concerning the company presented in the profile help you track important events.

Gain key insights into the company for academic or business research

* Key elements such as break up of deals into categories and information on detailed major deals are incorporated into the profile to assist your academic or business research needs.

Note*: Some sections may be missing if data is unavailable for the company.

About GlobalData

GlobalData is a leading provider of global business intelligence including market, competitor, product and customer information. It provides in-depth research, analysis, data and forecasts through a range of interactive online databases, reports and management briefings. GlobalData has a large team of experienced research and analysis, consulting, and marketing experts. It has a global presence, including key offices in the US, Europe and Asia. The group has over 50 years of experience of delivering market intelligence data and analysis and a highly experienced senior management team. View more research from GlobalData at www.fastmr.com/catalog/publishers.aspx?pubid=1015

About Fast Market Research

Fast Market Research is an online aggregator and distributor of market research and business information. We represent the world's top research publishers and analysts and provide quick and easy access to the best competitive intelligence available.

For more information about these or related research reports, please visit our website at www.fastmr.com or call us at 1.800.844.8156.

Source: http://reports.pr-inside.com/market-report-dte-energy-company-dte-r3746323.htm

Jim Nabors The Americans bank of america online banking Adairsville Ga ashley judd Alois Bell Donna Savattere

Apple ? ??-????? ???????? ?? iPad ? Mac ?? ????????????

24 ??? 2013 00:40, ????????? 285 ???? 3

By Gil Aegerter, Andrew Rafferty and Alastair Jamieson, NBC News

Prosecutors charged a registered sex offender with murder and other felony charges after the discovery over the weekend of three female bodies wrapped in garbage bags in an impoverished Cleveland suburb.

Michael Madison, 35, was charged with three counts each of aggravated murder and kidnapping in connection with the deaths of three women whose bodies were discovered Friday and Saturday in the city of East Cleveland, Mayor Gary Norton said at a Monday press conference.

Judge William L. Dawson told Madison at his arraignment Monday that the murder charges are punishable by a possible death penalty or life in prison. Madison, a registered sex offender, appeared stoic and unblinking. He did not enter a plea during the hearing, where bail was set at $6 million, and waived his right to a preliminary hearing.

Norton earlier identified one of three victims as Angela Deskins, a resident of Cleveland believed to be 38, whose body was found in a backyard Saturday ? the second grisly discovery during a macabre police search through the city. She was identified through fingerprints.

Mark Duncan / AP

Michael Madison glances at court-appointed attorney Marlene Rideenour during his arraignment in East Cleveland on Monday.

The two other victims ? one found in a garage after police responded to a report of a foul odor Friday, the other found in the basement of a vacant house Saturday ? have not yet been identified, Norton said. A medical examiner Monday said that it may be difficult to identify those victims because their bodies are so badly decomposed.

Officials said one of the two ?Jane Doe? victims has several tattoos that they hope will provide clues to her identity, including two tattoos that say ?Gene? and one, on the left breast, featuring the name of hip-hop artist Lil Wayne.

Authorities initially believed the women were killed six to 10 days before their bodies were discovered, but charges read in court on Monday indicated the killings may have happened months earlier.

Norton told The Plain Dealer newspaper that Madison indicated in police interviews that he might have been influenced by Anthony Sowell, who is on death row for killing 11 women ages 24 to 52 at his home in the city.

Sowell, who is also a convicted sex offender, was captured in 2009. In court papers, prosecutors described him as "the worst offender in the history of Cuyahoga County and arguably the State of Ohio."

Two months ago, Cleveland was shocked by the escapes of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight. Ariel Castro was charged with 977 counts in connection with the abduction and rape of the women, who were held captive in his Seymour Avenue home for more than a decade.

Police arrested Madison on Friday, hours after investigators found the first victim's body in a garage.

Authorities continued looking for more possible victims into Sunday night before calling off the search, East Cleveland Police Chief Ralph Spotts told reporters.

"We officially found nothing," he said. "We will not pick up the search again."

A Cleveland suburb is on edge after police found the bodies of three women who may have been murdered by a serial killer, NBC's Michelle Franzen reports.

During the search, a cadaver dog led investigators to a lot near the area where the three others bodies were found, according WKYC. Other cadaver dogs also hinted at the same area. The bodies were found about 100 to 200 yards apart.

Nathenia Crosby, 48, said Madison was a neighbor who concerned her because of his interest in her daughter.

"It's very scary, especially when he used to be talking to my daughter," she told the Associated Press. "But I told him he was too old to be talking to my daughter, because she was only 19. When I found out how old he was, I said, 'You need to move on; she's too young.'"

Teenager Daniqwa Martin told the Associated Press she smelled an odor near the house Tuesday but ignored it, thinking it was a dead animal. Martin, 16, said Madison had offered her a ride in the past but she always declined.

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiners Office told reporters it may take up to several days as they work to?identify the?dead women because the bodies are in an advanced state of decomposition, WKYC said.

M. Alex Johnson and Daniel Arkin of NBC News?and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Related:

This story was originally published on

Source: http://feeds.nbcnews.com/c/35002/f/663306/s/2f01fe76/l/0Lusnews0Bnbcnews0N0C0Inews0C20A130C0A70C220C19610A8180Esex0Eoffender0Echarged0Ewith0Emurder0Eafter0E30Ewomen0Efound0Ein0Ecleveland0Esuburb0Dlite/story01.htm

charlotte bobcats new york rangers nfl mock draft 2012 norfolk island michael brockers lisa marie presley florida panthers

George Zimmerman Emerges From Hiding, Helps Rescue Family Trapped in Overturned SUV

Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2013/07/george-zimmerman-emerges-from-hiding-helps-rescue-family-trapped/

umf elite eight stephon marbury the lion king suzanne collins cherry blossom festival nc state

Monday, July 22, 2013

You should not argue for the banning of college football when you look like this

Copyright ? 2011, Liblogs. The contents of this site is aggregated from external sources automatically. Content displayed as a result of this aggregation is the responsibility of the source blog. By using this site, the user agrees that Liblogs is not responsible for any external content aggregated on this site.

Source: http://liblogs.ca/2013/07/you-should-not-argue-for-the-banning-of-college-football-when-you-look-like-this/

Randy Travis in critical condition stacy keibler stacy keibler sf giants Ryan Davis Golden Corral Colin Kaepernick

During a Florida State football camp this week Seminoles tight ends coach Tim Brewster told a high school player to remove his ...

SbB LIVE FROM LA (Jul 21, 2013 @ 6:11am ET)

8:00 PM: Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin tweeted on Saturday: "44 years ago today Neil (Armstrong) took this photo of me at Tranquility Base on the moon. We all miss you Neil."

7:45 PM: A New York Mets fan at Citi Field just missed getting smacked in the face by a flying bat that flew out of the hands of Anthony Recker during Saturday's game against the Phillies.

7:30 PM: Minnesota Twins owner Jim Pohlad said on Friday that he doesn't plan on firing manager Ron Gardenhire during the season: "I'm not going to put Gardy out of his misery. I don't think he's miserable. He's got a great job and we love him."

7:15 PM: About 900 people attended Friday's funeral of Jon Richardson, son of Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson & former president of Bank of America Stadium. Among those attending were Roger Goodell, Jerry Jones & Robert Kraft.

7:00 PM: Ben Volin of the Boston Globe notes that New York Giants safety Will Hill became the fourth member of the 2008 Florida Gators BCS title team to be suspended for violating NFL drug policies.

6:45 PM: Siohvaughn Funches-Wade, ex-wife of Miami Heat player Dwyane Wade, sat outside Chicago's Daley Center on Friday holding a sign that read: "NBA Miami Heat star, mother of his children on the streets".

6:30 PM: Arizona State University president Michael Crow disagrees with allowing for-profit Grand Canyon University to move up to NCAA Division I this season: "We are against using athletics as a mechanism to make profits. It's contrary to what we're trying to do."

6:15 PM: Charles Barkley said on Friday about the Philadelphia 76ers' prolonged search for a coach: "I think that's one of the silliest things that I've seen in sports in a long time .... To not have a coach under contract by now, I think that's a joke. I don't know what they're waiting on."

6:00 PM: Hay Beautiful, a horse scheduled to compete in a race at Meadowlands Racetrack Friday night, had to be euthanized after suffering serious injuries in a trailer accident on Interstate 80 near Parsippany, New Jersey.

5:45 PM: Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said in a radio interview Friday about the team's first-half season success: "Don't bark if you're not going to bite. And we're in a position now where we can bite .... We've been able to show other people we're a team of action."

5:30 PM: St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right hamstring strain.

5:15 PM: NASCAR announced Friday it is suspending the use of aerial cameras after 10 people were injured when a Fox Sports cable snapped during a race in Charlotte two months ago.

5:00 PM: Baltimore Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman tweeted on Saturday about last year's movie theater shootings in Aurora, Colorado: "One year ago my hometown Aurora was victim of a terrible tragedy. My prayers are with the victims families. #5280Strong #NeverForget"

4:45 PM: MLB.com notes that as of Saturday morning, the Seattle Mariners have homered in 23 straight games. The MLB record streak is 27 games set by the 2002 Texas Rangers.

4:30 PM: Fans at Wrigley Field for Friday's Pearl Jam concert had to deal with a 2 1/2 hour rain delay, which led to the show not ending until 2 a.m. Saturday morning.

Source: http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/sbblive?eid=54188

Administrative Professionals Day Ryan Lochte Bayern Munich the blaze Michael Shannon Chrissy Amphlett Java

What Are The Different Types Of Health Insurance? | BlackDoctor

A man in a hospital gown sitting on an exam tableDifferent types of health insurance plans meet different needs. When you compare options, it?s important to understand how they are structured.

LIKE BlackDoctor.org on Facebook! Get Your Daily Medicine?For LIFE!

Health Maintenance

Organizations (HMOs) and Exclusive Provider Organizations (EPOs)

HMOs and EPOs may limit coverage to providers inside their networks. A network is a list of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers that provide medical care to members of a specific health plan. If you use a doctor or facility that isn?t in the HMO?s network, you may have to pay the full cost of the services provided.

HMO members usually have a primary care doctor and must get referrals to see specialists. This is generally not true for EPOs.

Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) and Point-of-Service plans (POS)

These insurance plans give you a choice of getting care within or outside of a provider network. With PPO or POS plans, you may use out-of-network providers and facilities, but you?ll have to pay more than if you use in-network ones. If you have a PPO plan, you can visit any doctor without a referral.

If you have a POS plan, you can visit any in-network provider without a referral, but you?ll need one to visit a provider out-of-network.

Source: http://blackdoctor.org/204621/what-are-the-different-types-of-health-insurance/

the ten commandments charlton heston moses tulsa shooting doug fister the perfect storm mickelson

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Raptor Expert Says Eagle Shootings Up after Web Video - Hancock ...

Saturday, July 20 2013 @ 02:42 AM EDT

Contributed by: MaryF

Wildlife News

By Glen Moberg
Wisconsin Public Radio News
Wed January 23, 2013
4:38 pm

?

A fake video of an eagle abducting a baby has been followed by a rash of eagle shootings in Wisconsin, according to one of the state's top wildlife rehabilitators.

?

When an eagle is shot in Wisconsin, it is usually taken to Marge Gibson's Raptor Education Group Center near Antigo. Gibson says since the fake video went viral on YouTube a little over a month ago, four eagles and a rough-legged hawk have been shot and delivered to her doorstep ... more than she usually gets in a month. ?That's a lot more. They actually come from all over the state. Two were from the Hayward area, one from the Green Bay area, one from Almond Wisconsin, and another from further south."

Read the rest of the story HERE

Source: http://www.hancockwildlife.org/article.php/ShootingsUpAfterWebVideo

Amy Poehler Australian Open Girls Hbo Golden Globes homeland homeland Miss America 2013