Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti: Women and Salary Negotiations

Pursuing a job can be challenging and exciting at the same time. When and how to negotiate salary is a common concern for many candidates.

The popular book Women Lead notes that while 85 percent of women interviewed thought that women excelled at negotiation many were not comfortable negotiating for themselves especially for salary. Some of the reasons noted are fear of asking for too much, fear of being denied, lack of confidence, low self-worth, the perception that salary negotiations are unfeminine or aggressive. Most women have had limited to no experience negotiating salary and terms.

Tips:

Be prepared

The topic of salary may sometimes be explored in the first interview. You might be asked what you are making and what your expectations are. Use tools like payscale.com, glassdoor.com, salary.com and jobstar.org to better understand what your market value is and what salary range to ask for.

"Candidates can create an environment where salary discussions are smooth and non-confrontational," says Gary Daugenti of Gent & Associates.

For example an individual can set the stage during early interviews by having a solid well researched salary figure in their head of what they feel the position and they are worth so if asked they can provide information with ease. If asked for a range, you should be prepared to accept the low number in your range, for example 80K-100K.

Timing

If salary is not initiated by the employer, then it is best not to bring up the topic. You might be in a series of early stage vetting interviews and you may or may not be considered for employment. There may be numerous other candidates also interviewing for the job and you may have a number of interviews (four to 10 interviews) depending on the firm. "I advise candidates not to assume that they have the job because they are called in for an interview," says Anne Angelopoulos, senior manager at Just Staff. "Rather know your worth, and be prepared if asked but let the process take its course."

The offer

If an employer is serious about hiring a candidate, s/he will explore salary expectations and make a verbal offer. The offer may not be what the candidate expected. If the candidate really wants the position but the salary offered does not align with expectations, it may be worth exploring other ways to reach the expected number. For example, the candidate can ask the employer how s/he plans to reach the number and let them bring up solutions. If you need more time to think about other items that might have a value, such as career allowance, telecommuting, etc., then ask for how long the offer is valid so that you can think about it. Most employers will not expect individuals to respond immediately but will give candidates time to reflect and review the offer. Women, negotiate your way to $1 million, one salary at a time.

Recruiters

If you are working with a recruiter, you have an additional resource to help you with salary negotiations. Recruiters will know the market, the firms and what the current salary offering will probably be. Recruiters may also have the advantage of working with the firm on other placements and they know what is and is not negotiable. "For example," says Daugenti, "a smaller firm might be more flexible than large firms who have to follow corporate protocols and treat each incoming candidate equally."

Work with your recruiter. "I discuss salary and the firm as part of my process with candidates.", says Leslie Lazarus, senior recruiter at Gent & Associates. "My area specialty is finance and tax, and I know these firms very well. I can help bring the two entities together with ease." Angelopoulos says, "Don't go around the recruiter. Candidates should not be stating one salary number to the recruiter and a different number to the employer. Consistency is important."

Salary negotiation can be a comfortable conversation if you prepare in advance.

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Royal hoax caller to testify at inquest into UK nurse's death

By Shadia Nasralla

LONDON (Reuters) - An Australian radio presenter will give evidence at an inquest into the death of a nurse who hanged herself after putting through a hoax call seeking information on Prince William's pregnant wife Kate, the presenter's lawyers said on Monday.

Mel Greig asked to appear as an individual at the inquest into Jacintha Saldanha's death, which provoked worldwide anger at the radio DJ's actions.

"(Greig) is determined to address any questions surrounding her role in these tragic events as part of the inquest," her lawyers Slater & Gordon said in a statement.

"Ms Greig wants (Saldanha's) family to know she will answer any questions the coroner or the family's lawyers may have at the inquest."

The inquest, which had been due to start in London this Thursday, has been postponed until September 12-13 while more evidence is gathered, a spokesman for Westminster City Council confirmed.

It was not immediately clear whether Greig will give evidence in person or via videolink.

Saldanha, 46, was found hanged last December in her hospital lodgings in London, days after she answered the call from Greig and her colleague Michael Christian from Australian radio station 2Day FM.

As part of the ruse, Greig and Christian had pretended to be Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles, William's father.

Saldanha put the call through to a colleague who, despite the DJs' unconvincing accents, disclosed details of the Duchess of Cambridge's condition during treatment for an extreme form of morning sickness in the early stages of pregnancy.

British newspapers reported that Saldanha, a mother of two, held the DJs responsible for her death in one of three suicide notes she left.

"Ms Saldanha's suicide was a devastating tragedy and Ms Greig's thoughts have been with the family ever since," her lawyers said in the statement.

2DayFM canceled the pair's show, which had been off the air since the incident, and Australia's media regulator has launched an investigation to see whether the station breached its license conditions and commercial radio codes of practice.

Southern Cross Austereo, parent company of the radio station, has also apologized and promised to donate advertising revenue to a fund for Saldanha's family with a minimum contribution of A$500,000 ($525,000).

(Reporting By Shadia Nasralla, Editing by Belinda Goldsmith)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/royal-hoax-caller-testify-inquest-uk-nurses-death-112520339.html

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Monday, April 29, 2013

Welcome to the New Gizmodo

Hello, friends! Don't be startled. This is, in fact, Gizmodo. It just looks a little different now. And works so much better.

Some of the changes you're seeing here are obvious, and are already familiar if you?ve been to one of our sister sites lately. What you?re looking at is what we call Kinja, a layout that harkens back to our bloggish beginnings, with an infinitely scrolling stream of stories to more effectively waste your day away. There?s no more sidebar, no more single post anchoring the page. It?s just a never-ending well of wonderful.

But Kinja's not just skin-deep. It's a platform, an entirely new way of writing and reading and interacting on the internet. It's going to be as good as you make it. Which means it's going to be great.

Your Own Personal Internet Web Log

Are you a current Gizmodo commenter? Congrats! You have a Kinja blog all set up and waiting for you where your profile page used to be. Don?t have an account yet? No worries; just ease your mouse on over to the upper right-hand corner, where yourhilariouspun.kinja.com is just a few clicks away. You, too, can Kinja.

Once you?re up and running, you?ll have access to the exact same set of tools we work with on a daily basis, up to and including some fancypants new image annotation. You can write about whatever you want on your Kinja blog, as often as you want, with as many cusses as you want. Your comments on other Kinja blogs will show up there, too. But the most important thing to know about Kinja is that it?s yours to do with as you please. There are already Kinja blogs for Lego and Kinja blogs for space and Kinja blogs for food. Want to write a Kinja about ninjas? That's still available (for now).

In addition to publishing your own posts, you can also share posts from any other Kinja blog (including Gizmodo!) on yours, follow other users to see what they're up to, and be followed by them. The same goes for us; if you write something particularly insightful, or dig up a compelling image, or make the best Steve Ballmer joke, we can put it on Gizmodo?with your byline fully intact.

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Oh, and if you just want to comment? That?s fine, too. You can still follow and be followed, you can still annotate images, you can still deploy well-timed GIFs. We?ve tidied up the formatting so that good conversations float to the top, while trolls get banished to limbo. And we?re finally clearing out the spam.

How does it work? You can read more about it in our FAQ entry on the subject, but the short version is that comments need to be approved by editors?or trusted users?before they can become part of the general discussion. That way we end up with all wheat, no chaff, just right.

If any questions pop up along the way, you can check out our full FAQ page. Run into an error or a bug? Ping help@gawker.com, or take it up with the help desk. They're at your beck and call.

Back to Basics

We?re treating Kinja as more than just a fancy new set of pajamas. We?re using this as an opportunity to return Gizmodo to its roots.

Gizmodo has always, at its core, been about just one thing: Finding?and sharing?the beautiful, inventive, awe-inspiring objects and ideas that shape the world around us. We?ve drifted from that lately; as so much hardware has become commoditized (read: dull) we?ve filled that void with fits and spurts of increasingly tangential noise. That?s going to change.

There are still powerful stories to tell in technology, and we?ll continue to tell them. But we?re going to focus in on what?s truly transformative, on what we see and feel and how we interact with it. We?re increasingly going to view the world through the lens of design, and how it impacts everything from the nanoscale, to wearables, to individual buildings, to the city at large. We?re not just going to show you objects. We?re going to explain how they got to be the way they are?and maybe what they should have been, instead.

That rejuvenation only starts with us. Being a commenter here used to mean being part of a thriving community. We've lost some of that, and we'd like your help getting it back. To that end, we're rekindling White Noise, a long-time gathering place for the Gizmodo faithful that?s been too dormant for too long. Get in there, make friends, tell jokes. A few of our most cherished commenters are posting there actively already, and we'll be inviting more over the next several days. Eventually, it will be run entirely by you. As it should be.

And don?t worry. For all the changes around here, we?ll doggedly continue to stress-test keyboards by eating giant Cheetos and help David Pogue find his iPhone. This is still Gizmodo, after all.

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Gunmen surround Libya Foreign Ministry

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) ? A Libyan military official says about 200 armed men are surrounding the Foreign Ministry building in Tripoli, demanding the ministry to reform and hire former fighters who helped overthrow former dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

Esam al-Naas said 38 trucks, some mounted with machineguns, had surrounded the ministry on Sunday. The men allege that many supporters of the old regime are still occupying senior positions in the ministry and its missions abroad.

He said negotiations with the protesters are underway and that no one has entered the ministry building.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/gunmen-surround-libya-foreign-ministry-100632832.html

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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Miss. man charged in suspicious letters case

BRANDON, Miss. (AP) ? A Mississippi man was charged Saturday with making and possessing ricin for use as a weapon as part of the investigation into poison-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and others, authorities said.

U.S. attorney Felicia Adams and Daniel McMullen, the FBI agent in charge in Mississippi, made the announcement in news release Saturday following the arrest of 41-year-old James Everett Dutschke.

FBI spokeswoman Deborah Madden said Dutschke (pronounced DUHS'-kee) was arrested about 12:50 a.m. Saturday at his house in Tupelo.

The letters, which tests showed were tainted with ricin, were sent April 8 to President Barack Obama, Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi and 80-year-old Mississippi judge, Sadie Holland.

Dutschke is expected to appear Monday in U.S. District Court in Oxford.

He faces up to life in prison, if convicted.

The news release said Dutschke was charged with "knowingly developing, producing, stockpiling, transferring, acquiring, retaining and possessing a biological agent, toxin and delivery system, for use as a weapon, to wit: ricin."

Dutschke's house, business and vehicles were searched earlier in the week and he had been under surveillance.

Dutschke's attorney, Lori Nail Basham, said Saturday in a text message that "the authorities have confirmed Mr. Dutschke's arrest. We have no comment at this time."

Basham said earlier this week that Dutschke was "cooperating fully" with investigators. Dutschke has insisted he had nothing to do with the letters.

Ryan Taylor, a spokesman for Wicker, said Saturday that "because the investigation is still ongoing, we're not able to comment."

Charges in the case were initially filed against an Elvis impersonator but then dropped. Attention then turned to Dutschke, who has ties to the former suspect, the judge and the senator. Earlier in the week, as investigators searched his primary residence in Tupelo, Dutschke told The Associated Press, "I don't know how much more of this I can take."

"I'm a patriotic American. I don't have any grudges against anybody. ... I did not send the letters," Dutschke said.

Charges were dropped against, Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, the Elvis impersonator, after authorities said they had discovered new information. Curtis' lawyers say he was framed.

Curtis' attorney, Christi McCoy, said Saturday: "We are relieved but also saddened. This crime is nothing short of diabolical. I have seen a lot of meanness in the past two decades, but this stops me in my tracks. "

Dutschke and Curtis were acquainted. Curtis said they had talked about possibly publishing a book on an alleged conspiracy to sell body parts on a black market. But he said they later had a feud.

Judge Holland is a common link between the two men, and both know Wicker.

Holland was the presiding judge in a 2004 case in which Curtis was accused of assaulting a Tupelo attorney a year earlier. Holland sentenced him to six months in the county jail. He served only part of the sentence, according to his brother.

Holland's family has had political skirmishes with Dutschke. Her son, Steve Holland, a Democratic state representative, said he thinks his mother's only other encounter with Dutschke was at a rally in the town of Verona in 2007, when Dutschke ran as a Republican against Steve Holland

Holland said his mother confronted Dutschke after he made a derogatory speech about the Holland family. She demanded that he apologize, which Holland says he did.

On Saturday, Steve Holland said he can't say for certain that Dutschke is the person who sent the letter to his mother but added, "I feel confident the FBI knows what they are doing."

"We're ready for this long nightmare to be over," Holland told The Associated Press.

He said he's not sure why someone would target his mother. Holland said he believes Dutschke would have more reason to target him than his mother.

"Maybe he thinks the best way to get to me is to get to the love of my life, which is my mother," Holland said Saturday.

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Associated Press writer Jack Elliott Jr. in Jackson contributed to this report.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/miss-man-charged-suspicious-letters-case-195839113.html

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Uncover gives your MacBook's lid a new, Apple-less kind of glow

Uncover gives your MacBook's lid a new kind of glow

Etsy stickers adorning your MacBook's lid, oft making a cute play on the presence of that glowing Apple? That's so 2012. Uncover, a Dutch company showcasing its talents here at The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam this week, has crafted a new method of customizing one's MacBook lid. And, perhaps most importantly, it involves the seamless removal of the Apple logo altogether. In essence, these guys use a specialized laser cutting process that can etch out anything your brain can muster -- from band logos to company mantras. And, as you'll see in the gallery below, the Apple logo doesn't have to be a part of the equation.

The outfit will take in any aluminum-faced MacBook from around the world, and once it lands in Holland, you'll typically see it headed back to your domicile within four to five days. If you're selecting one of Uncover's designs, you can have your machine tweaked for as little as €249 (around $325), while completely custom work starts at €599 ($780). (And yes, you can just buy a totally new Mac from Uncover as well.) We spoke to Jasper Middendorp, the company's CEO, and he confessed that only MacBooks are being accepted due to Apple's unique backlighting arrangement. They're obviously keen to offer similar work for PCs, but to date, every one he has seen blocks or covers the backlight in some way. For those looking to get it on the fun, allow the source link below to be your guide.

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Developmental neurobiology: How the brain folds to fit

Apr. 26, 2013 ? During fetal development of the mammalian brain, the cerebral cortex undergoes a marked expansion in surface area in some species, which is accommodated by folding of the tissue in species with most expanded neuron numbers and surface area. Researchers have now identified a key regulator of this crucial process.

Different regions of the mammalian brain are devoted to the performance of specific tasks. This in turn imposes particular demands on their development and structural organization. In the vertebrate forebrain, for instance, the cerebral cortex -- which is responsible for cognitive functions -- is remarkably expanded and extensively folded exclusively in mammalian species. The greater the degree of folding and the more furrows present, the larger is the surface area available for reception and processing of neural information. In humans, the exterior of the developing brain remains smooth until about the sixth month of gestation. Only then do superficial folds begin to appear and ultimately dominate the entire brain in humans. Conversely mice, for example, have a much smaller and smooth cerebral cortex.

"The mechanisms that control the expansion and folding of the brain during fetal development have so far been mysterious," says Professor Magdalena G?tz, a professor at the Institute of Physiology at LMU and Director of the Institute for Stem Cell Research at the Helmholtz Center Munich. G?tz and her team have now pinpointed a major player involved in the molecular process that drives cortical expansion in the mouse. They were able to show that a novel nuclear protein called Trnp1 triggers the enormous increase in the numbers of nerve cells which forces the cortex to undergo a complex series of folds. Indeed, although the normal mouse brain has a smooth appearance, dynamic regulation of Trnp1 results in activating all necessary processes for the formation of a much enlarged and folded cerebral cortex.

Levels of Trnp1 control expansion and folding

"Trnp1 is critical for the expansion and folding of the cerebral cortex, and its expression level is dynamically controlled during development," says G?tz. In the early embryo, Trnp1 is locally expressed in high concentrations. This promotes the proliferation of self-renewing multipotent neural stem cells and supports tangential expansion of the cerebral cortex. The subsequent fall in levels of Trnp1 is associated with an increase in the numbers of various intermediate progenitors and basal radial glial cells. This results in the ordered formation and migration of a much enlarged number of neurons forming folds in the growing cortex.

The findings are particularly striking because they imply that the same molecule -- Trnp1 -- controls both the expansion and the folding of the cerebral cortex and is even sufficient to induce folding in a normally smooth cerebral cortex. Trnp1 therefore serves as an ideal starting point from which to dissect the complex network of cellular and molecular interactions that underpin the whole process. G?tz and her colleagues are now embarking on the next step in this exciting journey -- determination of the molecular function of this novel nuclear protein Trnp1 and how it is regulated.

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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Militants kill Somali prosecutor, threaten more

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist militants killed Somalia's deputy chief prosecutor and will target more judiciary staff while the government tries to reform the courts, a militant spokesman said on Friday.

The al Shabaab rebel group, which is linked to al Qaeda, has foguht for six years to impose its strict interpretation of Islamic law, or sharia, on Somalia.

The shooting of Ahmed Sheikh Nur Maalin, Somalia's deputy national prosecutor, on Thursday followed a wave of suicide bombings and shootings earlier this month in which 30 people were killed.

"It was part of our operation against courts and their men," Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, spokesman for al Shabaab's military operation, told Reuters. "We shall also kill the remaining one by one."

The attacks were launched at a time when security in Mogadishu had been improving after two decades of civil war.

The government believes strengthening the rule of law and reforming the judiciary is vital but al Shabaab is determined to prevent it.

Donor countries are working with Somalia's new government to reform the judiciary, the police and the army.

Britain will host an international conference in London on May 7 on ways to bolster security, impose the rule of law and rebuild the nation. So far there has been slow progress on all three areas.

(Reporting by Abdi Skeikh and Feisal Omar; Writing By Drazen Jorgic; Editing by Edmund Blair and Angus MacSwan)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/militants-kill-somali-prosecutor-threaten-more-162823337.html

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Pinterest Tweaks Its New Look, Improves Search And Brings Features Like Pinned From And Mentions Back

pinterest-logo-600While Pinterest is still rolling out its brand new look to users, it decided to listen to some feedback along the way and make some tweaks. Since the site relies heavily, or completely, on its users pinning things to boards like crazy, some features that were dropped from the new design were re-added due to popular demand. One of the features that caused the community to clammer the most was “Pinned By,” which let people see who originally pinned an item. This was a way to discover new people to follow and Pinterest has brought it back: Additionally, the mentioning friends feature using an @ symbol has returned, yet another way to discover new people to follow. Notice a trend here? It seems like the new design was limiting users on how they could find new friends and boards to interact with. The company says that finding friends from Twitter and Facebook that are on Pinterest is back, too. Other than the features that were reintroduced, Pinterest has improved its search functionality by adding auto-suggest, something that helps people out when looking for things. This has been a popular feature on Google’s search product, making the experience way less aggravating than looking at an empty white box for minutes: Along with search, Pinterest has moved your recent activity notifications, including older ones, to the top right corner, another move that could increase engagement. Things that the company are thinking on and might roll out soon are rearranging pins and creating a board within a board. Let’s call that feature “Boardception.” Still, it’s clear that remaining true to the original experience tops all new bells and whistles. Other social sites like Twitter and Facebook tend to roll out features slowly, getting instant feedback from people along the way before things are released to the masses. By letting users opt-in to trying out the new look, Pinterest gets beta testers who are ready, willing and able to voice their complaints, since that’s what people end up voicing anyways. If you’re still rocking the old design on Pinterest, just click “Get it now” after you log in:

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Friday, April 26, 2013

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Minaret of famed mosque in Syria destroyed

BEIRUT (AP) ? The 11th-century minaret of a famed mosque that towered over the narrow stone alleyways of Aleppo's old quarter collapsed Wednesday as rebels and government troops fought pitched battles in the streets around it, depriving the ancient Syrian city of one of its most important landmarks.

President Bashar Assad's government and the rebels trying to overthrow him traded blame over the destruction to the Umayyad Mosque, a UNESCO world heritage site and centerpiece of Aleppo's walled Old City.

"This is like blowing up the Taj Mahal or destroying the Acropolis in Athens. This mosque is a living sanctuary," said Helga Seeden, a professor of archaeology at the American University of Beirut. "This is a disaster. In terms of heritage, this is the worst I've seen in Syria. I'm horrified."

Aleppo, Syria's largest city and a commercial hub, emerged as a key battleground in the nation's civil war after rebels launched an offensive there last summer. Since then, the fighting has carved the city into rebel- and regime-held zones, killed thousands of people, forced thousands more to flee their homes and laid waste to entire neighborhoods.

The Umayyad Mosque complex, which dates mostly from the 12th century, suffered extensive damage in October as both sides fought to control the walled compound in the heart of the old city. The fighting left the mosque burned, scarred by bullets and trashed. Two weeks earlier, the nearby medieval covered market, or souk, was gutted by a fire sparked by fighting.

With thousands of years of written history, Syria is home to archaeological treasures that date back to biblical times, including the desert oasis of Palmyra, a cultural center of the ancient world. The nation's capital, Damascus, is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world.

At least five of Syria's six World Heritage sites have been damaged in the fighting, according to UNESCO, the U.N.'s cultural agency. Looters have broken into one of the world's best-preserved Crusader castles, Crac des Chevaliers, and ruins in the ancient city of Palmyra were damaged. Both rebel and regime forces have set up bases in some of Syria's significant historic sites, including citadels and Turkish bath houses, while thieves have stolen artifacts from museums.

The destruction of the minaret ? which dated to 1090 and was the oldest surviving part of the Umayyad Mosque ? brought outrage and grief.

"What is happening is a big shame," said Imad a-Khal, a 59-year-old Christian businessman in Aleppo. "Thousands of tourists used to visit this site. Every day is a black day for Syrians."

The main Western-backed opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, accused the government of intentionally committing "a crime against civilization and humanity" by destroying the minaret.

"The regime has done all it can to tear apart the Syrian social fabric," the Coalition said in a statement. "By its killings and destruction of heritage, it is planting bitterness in the hearts of the people that will be difficult to erase for a long time to come."

There were conflicting accounts about what leveled the minaret, leaving the once-soaring stone tower a pile of rubble and twisted metal scattered in the mosque's tiled courtyard.

Syria's state news agency said rebels from the al-Qaida-linked Jabhat al-Nusra group blew it up, while Aleppo-based activist Mohammed al-Khatib said a Syrian army tank fired a shell that "totally destroyed" the minaret.

The mosque fell into rebel hands earlier this year after heavy fighting but the area around the compound remains contested, with Syrian troops just some 200 yards (meters) away.

An amateur video posted online by the anti-government Aleppo Media Center showed the mosque's vaulted archways charred from earlier fighting and a pile of rubble where the minaret used to be.

Standing inside the mosque courtyard, a man who appeared to be a rebel fighter, said regime forces recently fired seven shells at the minaret but failed to knock it down. On Wednesday, the tank rounds struck their target, he said.

"We were standing here today and suddenly shells started hitting the minaret," the man said. The army "then tried to storm the mosque but we pushed them back."

The video appeared genuine and corresponded to other Associated Press reporting.

The destruction in Aleppo follows the collapse a week earlier of the minaret of the historic Omari Mosque in the southern city of Daraa. The Daraa mosque was built during the Islamic conquest of Syria in the days of Caliph Omar ibn al-Khattab in the seventh century.

In that instance as well, the opposition and regime blamed each other. The state news agency accused Jabhat al-Nusra of positioning cameras around the area to record the event.

Whether the destruction is targeted or not, the damage highlights the difficulties of protecting a nation's cultural heritage in wartime.

"Culture can only really be protected in peace time. When you have open warfare, it is impossible," said Seeden, the archaeology professor in Beirut. "When buildings are under fire, you cannot protect the buildings. You can't protect what's in it, if they are mosaics, wall paintings, architectural details that are part of the building ? there's no way you can protect them."

After the Umayyad Mosque was first damaged last year, Assad issued a presidential decree to form a committee to repair it by the end of 2013, although it's not clear what such a body could do amid a raging civil war. The mosque's last renovations began about 20 years ago and were completed in 2006.

The damage in Aleppo is just part of the wider devastation caused by the country's conflict, which began more than two years ago with largely peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war as the opposition took up arms in the face of a withering government crackdown. The fighting has exacted a huge toll, killing more than 70,000 people, leaving cities, towns and villages in ruins and forcing more than a million people to flee their homes and seek refuge abroad.

Also Wednesday, Syrian church officials said the whereabouts of two bishops kidnapped in northern Syria remain unknown, a day after telling reporters the priests had been released.

Gunmen pulled Bishop Boulos Yazigi of the Greek Orthodox Church and Bishop John Ibrahim of the Assyrian Orthodox Church from their car and killed their driver on Monday while they were traveling outside Aleppo. It was not clear who abducted the priests.

But Bishop Tony Yazigi of the Damascus-based Greek Orthodox Church said the gunmen are believed to be Chechen fighters from Jabhat al-Nusra. Yazigi declined to say what made it appear that the Nusra Front was involved.

That account corresponded with one provided by the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which said foreign fighters had abducted the bishops near a checkpoint outside Aleppo. Director Rami Abdul-Rahman said activists in the area said the gunmen were foreign fighters from the Caucuses.

However, the main opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, condemned the kidnapping and blamed Assad's regime.

In Rome, Pope Francis called for the rapid release of the two bishops. In his appeal Tuesday, the pontiff called the abduction "a dramatic confirmation of the tragic situation in which the Syrian population and its Christian community are living."

There has been a spike in kidnappings in northern Syria, much of which is controlled by the rebels, and around Damascus in recent months. Residents blame criminal groups that have ties to both the regime and the rebels for the abductions of wealthy residents traveling to Syria from neighboring Turkey and Lebanon.

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Associated Press writers Barbara Surk and Bassem Mroue in Beirut, and Albert Aji in Damascus, Syria, contributed to this report.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/minaret-famed-mosque-syria-destroyed-210258291.html

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Hunter Hayes's Cure For Loneliness: Waffles

'Wanted' singer took time from Carrie Underwood tour to answer fans' on CMT Twitter Q&A.
By Jocelyn Vena


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Kidnapped Syrian bishops still missing: church sources

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two Syrian bishops kidnapped by gunmen on Monday are still missing, church sources in Damascus and Aleppo said on Wednesday, contradicting a report that the men had been freed.

A source at the Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo said the bishops had not been released and he was unaware of any contact with their abductors. At the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Damascus, a source also said there was no indication they had been freed.

Greek Orthodox archbishop Paul Yazigi and Syriac Orthodox archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim were seized near the northern commercial and industrial hub of Aleppo, which is contested by rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.

Authorities blamed the abduction on a "terrorist group", the label they usually give to anti-Assad rebels, but opposition fighters in the province denied they had kidnapped the two and said they were working for their release and trying to find out who had taken them.

The bishops were the most senior church figures caught up in the fight between Assad's forces and rebels trying to end four decades of family rule by Assad and his late father.

The conflict has killed more than 70,000 people and frightened minority groups as the mainly Sunni Muslim rebels gain ground in northern Syria, where Salafi and jihadi groups, including the al Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front, have emerged as among the most formidable insurgent formations.

(Reporting by Dominic Evans; Editing by Alistair Lyon)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/kidnapped-syrian-bishops-still-missing-church-sources-082251681.html

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Infants' sweat response predicts aggressive behavior as toddlers

Apr. 23, 2013 ? Infants who sweat less in response to scary situations at age 1 show more physical and verbal aggression at age 3, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

Lower levels of sweat, as measured by skin conductance activity (SCA), have been linked with conduct disorder and aggressive behavior in children and adolescents. Researchers hypothesize that aggressive children may not experience as strong of an emotional response to fearful situations as their less aggressive peers do; because they have a weaker fear response, they are more likely to engage in antisocial behavior.

Psychological scientist Stephanie van Goozen of Cardiff University and colleagues wanted to know whether the link between low SCA and aggressive behaviors could be observed even as early as infancy.

To investigate this, the researchers attached recording electrodes to infants' feet at age 1 and measured their skin conductance at rest, in response to loud noises, and after encountering a scary remote-controlled robot. They also collected data on their aggressive behaviors at age 3, as rated by the infants' mothers.

The results revealed that 1 year-old infants with lower SCA at rest and during the robot encounter were more physically and verbally aggressive at age 3.

Interestingly, SCA was the only factor in the study that predicted later aggression. The other measures taken at infancy -- mothers' reports of their infants' temperament, for instance -- did not predict aggression two years later.

These findings suggest that while a physiological measure (SCA) taken in infancy predicts aggression, mothers' observations do not.

"This runs counter to what many developmental psychologists would expect, namely that a mother is the best source of information about her child," van Goozen notes.

At the same time, this research has important implications for intervention strategies:

"These findings show that it is possible to identify at-risk children long before problematic behavior is readily observable," van Goozen concludes. "Identifying precursors of disorder in the context of typical development can inform the implementation of effective prevention programs and ultimately reduce the psychological and economic costs of antisocial behavior to society."

Co-authors on this research include Erika Baker, Katherine Shelton, Eugenia Baibazarova, and Dale Hay of Cardiff University.

This research was supported by studentships from the School of Psychology, Cardiff University, and by a grant from the Medical Research Council.

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  1. E. Baker, K. H. Shelton, E. Baibazarova, D. F. Hay, S. H. M. van Goozen. Low Skin Conductance Activity in Infancy Predicts Aggression in Toddlers 2 Years Later. Psychological Science, 2013; DOI: 10.1177/0956797612465198

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Dutch diplomat sentenced to 12 years for spying

AMSTERDAM (AP) ? A Dutch court has sentenced a diplomat to 12 years for delivering confidential NATO and the European Union documents to Russian agents.

In Tuesday's ruling, judges at The Hague District Court said Raymond Poeteray had endangered the interests of the Dutch state and its allies by passing on military and political documents over a period of years. He was paid at least ?72,000 ($94,000) between January 2009 and August 2011, the court said.

Poeteray, who worked at the Netherlands' Foreign Affairs Ministry, was arrested in March 2012 in connection with an ongoing case in Germany.

In Germany, a couple that called themselves Andreas and Heidrun Anschlag ? true identies unknown ? are on trial for allegedly compiling the information that Poeteray gathered and sending it to Russia's intelligence agency.

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Monday, April 22, 2013

HTC Now Offers 32GB Unlocked HTC One Via Its Web Store

htc-one-review02HTC really wants you to buy an HTC One, and it's making sure that you have every opportunity to do so. First, it opened up pre-orders for the HTC One Developer Edition, a carrier-unlocked 64GB version of the phone with an unlocked bootloader for custom ROMs. Now, it's also offering a network-unlocked 32GB version of the handset, which doesn't have the unlocked bootloader, but which is less expensive at $574.99.

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Sunday, April 21, 2013

Prospective jurors voice anti-Jackson opinions

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Lawyers in the wrongful death lawsuit brought by Michael Jackson's mother began using challenges to reject prospective jurors Friday but were confronted with a new set of panelists who had strong opinions critical of the superstar singer.

The search was to continue Monday for jurors who could be impartial toward Jackson and AEG, the company that promoted Jackson's ill-fated "This is It" concert.

No sooner had the attorneys excused two panelists for bias and used five of their 16 peremptory challenges to remove others without stating a cause than they were confronted with new problems.

One man said he had formed a strong opinion that Jackson was responsible for his own death.

"He was a weird person, too eccentric," he said when asked his opinion of Jackson as a person.

The jury candidate, an attorney, said he had heard that Jackson took strong narcotics to sleep.

"So you had a strong opinion that Michael Jackson caused his own death by taking strong narcotics?" asked Mrs. Jackson's attorney, Brian Panish.

"Yes," said the man. "...That's my opinion, not the facts, based on what I heard." He said he learned most of what he knew about the case from the Internet.

"I don't think I could be impartial," he said.

Another prospective juror who is the son of a doctor said he had a strong bias against Jackson and thought that Dr. Conrad Murray was not at fault in the superstar's death. He said he knew that Murray had been convicted of involuntary manslaughter for giving Jackson an overdose of the anesthetic propofol.

"I don't believe Dr. Murray did anything wrong," said the man. "People take prescription drugs on their own. There may be some responsibility by Michael Jackson himself."

The man said he is also biased against people who seek large monetary awards in lawsuits involving doctors. He said his late father was an orthopedic surgeon and told him about the pitfalls of malpractice claims against physicians.

Mrs. Jackson's lawsuit claims AEG hired Dr. Conrad Murray as Jackson's physician without checking his credentials. Murray was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of the superstar.

Attorneys said outside court that the jury selection process could stretch through next week.

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Bleak Canada first-quarter earnings outlook may mask market upside

By John Tilak

TORONTO (Reuters) - Corporate Canada looks set to post lackluster first-quarter results, but lowered expectations and a sharp selloff earlier this week may set the stage for near-term share price gains.

Earnings beats and any optimistic outlooks are now more likely to provide a boost when some of the biggest companies start reporting next week.

"It's the magic of low expectations," said CIBC World Markets senior economist Peter Buchanan. "Commodity markets aren't that great, and developments in the domestic economy haven't been wonderful, but the bar (for earnings) is not set very high."

Telecommunications company Rogers Communications Inc and Canadian National Railway , the country's largest rail carrier, will be among the first to kick off the season, reporting their first-quarter reports on Monday.

Analysts expect earnings from companies in the Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark S&P/TSX composite index <.gsptse> to show only a 0.2 percent rise from a year earlier, according to Thomson Reuters StarMine SmartEstimates.

"The forecasts seem to be more dire than the reality," said Serge Pepin, vice president of investment strategy at BMO Asset Management Canada. "We're going into the earnings season with this thought that things won't be as good."

TSX LAGS U.S. RALLY

Results that top the very modest expectations could prove to be a much-needed catalyst for languishing Canadian stocks, market strategists said. The TSX composite is down more than 3 percent so far this year, compared with a gain of more than 8 percent in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.spx>.

Toronto stocks have lagged as earnings expectations have fallen about 5 percent for TSX components in the last three months, compared with a 3 percent decline for S&P 500 companies, data from StarMine showed.

The sector expected to show the biggest earnings decline is energy, which accounts for about 25 percent of the value of the Canadian index. Prices for the country's heavy crude oil slumped in the first three months of this year, and analysts now expect energy companies to report a profit drop of more than 7 percent.

However, Elvis Picardo, strategist and vice president of research at Global Securities in Vancouver, said most investors would pay more attention to companies' outlooks than to first-quarter results.

"That's usually the case, but more so this time," he said.

The most vulnerable segment in this regard may be gold producers, which have had a disastrous run this year. While first-quarter numbers will not reflect a recent dramatic selloff in gold, including a record one-day drop, it could start to show up in projections.

Still, the materials sector, home to gold companies, is trading at a huge discount to historical levels, said Craig Fehr, Canadian market strategist at Edward Jones in St. Louis.

"Valuations are attractive, and they are already pricing in expectations for some earnings disappointment," he said.

Indeed, the TSX composite index as a whole is trading about 13 times one-year forward earnings, according to Thomson Reuters data. That is also below historical levels.

BRIGHT SPOTS

The strongest growth in the quarter is likely to come from the healthcare sector, where earnings are expected to climb 15.5 percent, according to StarMine.

Another bright spot is the industrials space, which includes Canadian Pacific Railway and CN Rail. Analysts expect the sector to record profit growth of about 7 percent.

But the picture is more mixed for financial stocks, which make up almost a third of the index. Earnings are seen rising just 3.5 percent as the Canadian economy slows and housing market cools.

"Financials are not going to provide the same lift that they did in the fourth quarter, but that's more due to the weakness in the nonbanking sectors than in the banks themselves," said CIBC's Buchanan, who sees weakness in real estate investment trusts and insurers.

Longer-term, analysts said the Canadian market's prospects hinged on the global economy, which effectively sets the price for much of the country's resource exports.

But with an unsteady U.S. recovery, as well as mixed signals out of recession-hit Europe and higher-growth China, relief is far from certain.

"The beacon of hope," said Global's Picardo, "is that the global economy does a little better than expected and the TSX will do well."

(Editing by Jeffrey Hodgson and Lisa Von Ahn)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/bleak-canada-first-quarter-earnings-outlook-may-mask-145836676--finance.html

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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Blackstone drops out of race to buy Dell

Blackstone Group is dropping its effort to acquire the computer maker Dell, citing slumping personal computer sales and Dell's "rapidly eroding financial profile."

Blackstone and its partners said in a letter to Dell Inc. that they have ditched a plan to buy most of Dell's outstanding stock for $14.25 per share due those challenges, which surfaced after the bid was submitted last month.

The letter from the group to a special committee of Dell board members was disclosed Friday.

The letter said that while the bidders still believe Dell is "a leading global company with strong market positions," it also said that Dell has lowered its operating income forecast for this year to $3 billion from $3.7 billion.

The withdrawal of the Blackstone-led bid leaves Dell with a $24.4 billion offer ? $13.65 per share ? from a group that includes its founder and CEO Michael Dell that would take the company private and a preliminary proposal from billionaire investor Carl Icahn to buy a majority of Dell stock while keeping the technology company publicly traded.

Icahn plans to pay up to $15 per share for 58 percent of Dell's stock.

Shares of Dell fell 47 cents, or 3.4 percent, to $13.48 in Friday morning trading.

When asked about Blackstone's characterization of Dell's financial profile, spokesman David Frink said in an email the company remains focused on its customers and "providing innovative products."

A spokeswoman for New York-based Blackstone declined any additional comment on the decision.

Blackstone's about-face came amid more evidence of the deteriorating conditions in the PC market as more technology spending shifts to smartphones and tablet computers. Worldwide PC shipments plunged by 14 percent in the first three months of the year, according to International Data Corp., the steepest quarterly decline during the 19 years that the research firm has been tracking the market.

Dell's PC sales slipped 11 percent during the quarter, leaving it as the world's third largest maker of laptop and desktop machines.

Michael Dell believes he can turn around the company by diversifying into more profitable niches such as business software, data storage and consulting. It could be a wrenching process, something that Michael Dell believes he will be able to do if he doesn't have to worry about Wall Street's fixation on short-term results.

In a show of confidence in his plan, Michael Dell is contributing $4.5 billion of his cash and stock to the proposed buyout. Loans would provide most of the rest of the financing.

Dell, based in Round Rock, Texas, agreed earlier this year to sell itself to Michael Dell and a group of investors led by Silver Lake Partners for $13.65 per share. But key shareholders have been unhappy about that offer, and competing bids have since emerged.

Dell's stock had been trading above the price in the Michael Dell offer for most of the time since that deal was announced in early February, indicating that investors were betting on the emergence of a better offer.

The board special committee has said it believed Blackstone's proposal could be more lucrative than the deal struck with Michael Dell and Silver Lake. But the committee wanted to review the formal terms of Blackstone's bid before making a final assessment.

Dell has agreed to cover up to $25 million in expenses that Blackstone incurred while exploring its bid.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blackstone-drops-race-buy-dell-113944945--finance.html

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Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lewis' 'Can't Hold Us' Video: Go Behind The Scenes!

Now that you've seen the new 'Can't Hold Us' video, MTV News takes you behind the scenes.
By James Montgomery


Macklemore and Ryan Lewis on the set of their video for "Can't Hold Us"
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Conway back in an Indy car after walking away ? Artesia News

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) ? Mike Conway is certain it will take him only one lap to get up to speed at Long Beach, and he believes he?s a threat to win Sunday?s race.

?That?d be good. I could retire on top,? Conway said Thursday.

Yes, the 29-year-old Conway was joking about retirement. But he knows there may not be another IndyCar Series race for him after this weekend.

And he knows that it was his decision alone that put him in this position.

Seven months ago, during a test session for the IndyCar season finale at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Conway decided he just didn?t want to race ovals anymore. The Englishman missed most of the 2010 season with serious injuries to his back and leg suffered in a last-lap crash at the Indianapolis 500, and he was in the 2011 season finale at Las Vegas when Dan Wheldon was killed.

The next oval race after that was last year?s Indy 500, and Conway was involved in an accident with Will Power in which his car turned on its side against the fence.

So when Conway, who had never before raced on ovals until he joined IndyCar in 2009, couldn?t get comfortable in the car on Fontana?s 2-mile oval, he simply gave up his seat.

?When you can?t give it 100 percent, and you can?t wait for the race to end, and you just want to get it out of the way, then you shouldn?t be doing it,? Conway said. ?I didn?t realize it until I got in the car at Fontana. I just wanted to get out and I didn?t want to get back in. Then it hit me that I felt that strongly about it.?

But Conway doesn?t want to give up IndyCar outright, and if he could find a team willing to let him run just road and street courses he would jump at the opportunity. Right now, the only opportunity came from Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, which will field a third car Sunday at Long Beach for Conway.

Long Beach just happens to be the site of Conway?s 2011 victory, his only career IndyCar win.

?There will obviously be people who are race ready having competed in the first two events, but I have been thinking about Long Beach since the start of the year,? he said. ?I don?t feel like I am rusty.?

RLL, which has one-race sponsorship from Blu eCigs for Long Beach, let Conway prepare for this weekend with a one-day test at Barber Motorsports Park. Conway said he was up to speed after just one lap.

?I felt at home straight away in the car and that was the main thing ? I felt comfortable,? he said. ?I have been doing laps of Long Beach in my head for the last few months so I feel like I am in tune that way.?

Conway also has race time under his belt this year. He?s running the full season in the FIA World Endurance Championship sports car series for G-Drive Racing with Delta-ADR, and drove a full stint last weekend in the season opener at Silverstone.

But that WEC schedule has just eight races, and Conway would love to fill his time with some more IndyCar events.

?I know it?s hard for a team to want to give me a seat and then swap the driver out on the ovals, but I?d like to try to do more IndyCar. I love the series,? Conway said. ?I?d love to do more with the Rahal team. I?d race every weekend if I could, it?s just a matter of finding an owner willing to do something.?

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