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Many trapped in Bangladesh building rubble as toll tops 220

SAVAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Survivors from a garment factory that collapsed in Bangladesh killing at least 228 people described on Thursday a deafening bang and tremors before the eight-floor building crashed down under them. Many more of the mostly female workers were still feared trapped in the rubble more than 24 hours after the disaster, which has brought renewed attention to Western firms who use Bangladesh as a source of low cost goods.

Iran says it's ready to resume talks with world powers

GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran is ready to resume talks with world powers on its disputed nuclear program and awaits word from the European Union on timing and details, Iran's deputy nuclear negotiator said on Thursday. Ali Bagheri, in an interview with Reuters in Geneva, said Iran needed 20 percent-enriched uranium for its Tehran research reactor and four others being built, and was continuing to convert some of its stockpile into reactor fuel.

Sharp rise in EU terror attacks and deaths in 2012: Europol

PARIS (Reuters) - The terrorism threat in Europe remains elevated, with a quarter more attacks in the European Union in 2012 than in the previous year, pan-European police force Europol said on Thursday. The annual terrorism report published by Europe's crime-fighting agency, coming less than two weeks after the bombings in Boston, identified 219 completed or failed attacks in 2012 in EU-member states, the majority in France and Spain.

U.N. Security Council approves creation of Mali peacekeeping force

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved on Thursday the creation of a 12,600-strong peacekeeping force in Mali starting July 1, which will be supported by French troops if needed to combat Islamist extremist threats in the West African country. France, aided by some 2,000 troops from Chad, began a military offensive in January to drive out Islamist fighters, who had hijacked a revolt by Mali's Tuareg rebels and seized two-thirds of Mali.

Letta sees improving chances of forming Italy government

ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister-designate Enrico Letta saw "improving" chances of success as he began negotiations on Thursday to form a new government and end a nearly two-month-old stalemate in the euro zone's third-largest economy. The 46-year-old deputy head of the badly fractured center-left Democratic Party (PD), was the President Giorgio Napolitano's surprise choice to head a broad-based coalition.

Friends of Tunisian accused in Canada plot express shock

TUNIS (Reuters) - For the friends of Chiheb Esseghaier, the news that the Tunisian-born student had been arrested over an alleged al Qaeda-backed plot to derail a train in Canada came as something of a surprise. They remembered him during his time in the Tunisian capital as an ordinary student, certainly no Islamist extremist, but perhaps somewhat naive and easily led.

South Korea seeks talks with North to reopen industrial zone

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea proposed formal talks on Thursday with North Korea to discuss restarting a joint factory zone located just north of the rivals' heavily armed border that was suspended in early April, sharply deepening security tensions on the peninsula. It was the first formal proposal aimed at making a breakthrough in a deadlock over the Kaesong factory project, which was the last remaining channel open between the two Koreas until it was forced to close.

Father of Boston bomb suspects plans U.S. trip to bury son

MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - The father of two men suspected of carrying out the Boston bombings said on Thursday he would travel from Russia to the United States to bury his elder son. Anzor Tsarnaev and former wife Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, sitting side by side in the southern Russian city of Makhachkala, denied their sons had planted the bombs at the Boston marathon which killed three people and wounded 264, saying they had been framed.

Kurdish militants to begin withdrawal from Turkey in May

QANDIL MOUNTAINS, Iraq (Reuters) - Rebel Kurdish field commander Murat Karayilan ordered his fighters to begin withdrawing from Turkish soil within two weeks and rebase in the mountains of northern Iraq as part of a peace plan with Ankara to end a three-decades-old conflict. The pullout, negotiated by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) chief Abdullah Ocalan jailed on a prison island near Istanbul, offers the best chance yet of settlement of a war that has killed over 40,000 and battered the Turkish economy.

Nearly 50 killed as sectarian violence flares in Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 15 policemen and 31 Sunni Islamist militants were killed in clashes on Thursday in the northern city of Mosul, sources said, on the third day of the most widespread violence in Iraq since U.S. troops withdrew in December 2011. Gunmen attacked Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, on Wednesday night and seized western parts of the city after using a mosque loudspeaker to rally Sunnis to join the battle.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ca-news-summary-110531079.html

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Oculus' Palmer Luckey on the Motorola StarTAC and living in the meatspace

Every week, a new and interesting human being tackles our decidedly geeky take on the Proustian Q&A. This is the Engadget Questionnaire.

Oculus VR founder and designer Palmer Luckey has a go at our weekly set of questions while chatting perception modification and the importance of a meatspace presence. Join us beyond the jump in order to peruse the full collection of responses.

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Israel says it shoots down Hezbollah drone

JERUSALEM (AP) ? The Israeli military says it has shot down an unmanned aircraft sent by the Hezbollah group into Israeli skies.

Military officials said the aircraft was downed Thursday off the Israeli coast in Israeli airspace near the northern city of Haifa.

It is the second known instance in which the Lebanese militant group, a bitter Israeli enemy, has sent a drone into Israeli airspace. Last October, the Israeli air force shot down an unmanned aircraft in a similar incident.

Israel and Hezbollah fought a monthlong war in 2006 that ended in a stalemate.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has recently warned that Hezbollah might try to take advantage of the instability in neighboring Syria to obtain what he calls game-changing weapons.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/israel-says-shoots-down-hezbollah-drone-132939753.html

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From Battle To Birds: Drones Get Second Life Counting Critters

Researchers are using small remote-controlled planes to survey the populations of the greater sage grouse.

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Researchers are using small remote-controlled planes to survey the populations of the greater sage grouse.

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The U.S. military and law enforcement agencies have seen increased public scrutiny on the domestic use of the robotically piloted planes known as drones. Working on the sidelines of this debate, the U.S. Geological Survey has been trying to find a second life for retired military drones in the areas of environmental and wildlife management. Instead of watching the battlefield, these drones are watching birds.

The 4-pound Raven A drone is launched by hand. Researchers hope thermal and photographic imaging from the drones can help accurately estimate animal populations.

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Earlier this month, scientists spent three days flying a small 4-pound Raven A drone above the breeding grounds of the greater sage grouse, about 120 miles northwest of Denver. USGS hydrologist Chris Holmquist-Johnson says researchers are trying to figure out if they can use the drone to capture photo and thermal images of the birds without disturbing them.

"So far what we've seen is that they really don't seem to be bothered by it," Homquist-Johnson says. "We're able to get that imagery and they don't flush or move on to a new location."

The experiment is part of a larger project. In recent years, the National Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office has coordinated with state and federal agencies to use drones to study everything from mountain pine beetle damage in Colorado to documenting bank erosion along the Missouri River in South Dakota.

The USGS also has had previous success with birds, counting Sandhill Cranes in Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge in southern Colorado. USGS biologist Leanne Hanson says that in 2011, scientists compared counts from the results of Raven A flights to those of ground observers and found the flight data accurate enough to switch to using drones exclusively in 2012.

In future years, the practice could save federal agencies money, Hanson says. "Our estimates are that it would be a 10th of the cost."

USGS mission operator Jeff Sloan monitors the Raven A's progress. Each flight requires a three-person team that includes a mission operator, observer and pilot.

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USGS mission operator Jeff Sloan monitors the Raven A's progress. Each flight requires a three-person team that includes a mission operator, observer and pilot.

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Brian Rutledge, executive director of Audubon Rockies, has been watching the population of sage grouse decline for decades across the West. And while he says he's in favor of any technology that might lead to a more accurate count of the species, he doesn't think any machine can entirely replace human observers on the ground.

"This is something that gives us eyes in the sky ? no pun intended ? to find places and creatures that we wouldn't have on record otherwise," he says. "These will give us hints as to where we ought to look, [and] help us understand populations better. They'll never replace somebody with a notebook and a pair of binoculars or a good spotting scope."

Researchers are circumspect about how much they think the remote planes will advance bird counts. Holmquist-Johnson says one limitation comes from the lower resolution cameras and sensors in the Raven A. Overall, experiments with drone technology are still in the very early stages, he says.

"As systems get better and sensors are better, then we'll be able to do an even better job of the science," he says.

The USGS office overseeing these robotic planes gets more than a dozen calls a week from other Interior Department units interested in using them. Upcoming experiments include a climate change study near Niwot, Colo., efforts to count mule deer in Nevada, and a survey of pygmy rabbit habitat in Idaho.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2013/04/25/179017548/from-battle-to-birds-drones-get-second-life-counting-critters?ft=1&f=1007

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World Book and Copyright Day: April 23, 2013 - Toronto Reference ...

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UNESCO has celebrated World Book and Copyright Day on 23 April for 17 years now. UNESCO Member States around the world celebrate the power of books to bring us together and transmit the culture of peoples and their dreams of a better future.

This day provides an opportunity to reflect together on ways to better disseminate the culture of the written word and to allow all individuals, men, women and children to access it, through literacy programmes and support for careers in publishing, book shops, libraries and schools. Books are our allies in spreading education, science, culture and information worldwide. This is am source of inspiration in our collective efforts to promote editorial diversity, and to protect intellectual property and equitable access to the wealth of books.

UNESCO is committed to this work in the spirit of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, along with all its partners, including the International Publishers Association,?the International Booksellers' Federation and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.

This day also calls us to reflect on the changes in books over the long term and the intangible values that should guide us. Digital books offer new opportunities for access to knowledge, at reduced costs and over wide geographical areas. Traditional books are still powerful technology: failsafe, portable and standing the test of time. All forms of books make a valuable contribution to education and the dissemination of culture and information. The diversity of books and editorial content is a source of enrichment that we must support through appropriate public policies and protect from uniformity. This bibliodiversity is our common wealth, making books much more than a physical object, for they are our most beautiful invention for sharing ideas beyond the boundaries of space and time.

The city of Bangkok has been designated ?World Book Capital 2013? in recognition of its programme to promote reading among young people and underprivileged sections of the population.

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HR and Admin Executive, Business Development Mgr Jobs in Kenya

Human Resources and Administration Executive

Job Purpose:

To attract, develop and retain a skilled and motivated employee base that will drive the business to achieve its strategic objectives, while enhancing employee development through performance management and training.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

• Develop and implement the annual HR business plan derived from the Corporate Strategic Plan;
• Cascade the HR business plan through performance contracts to all staff in the department;
• Proactive manpower planning and recruiting staff;
• Develop and implement staff training and development programs;
• Coordinate, monitor and evaluate performance management and appraisal processes;
• Develop and implement staff motivation and retention initiatives to ensure staff are highly engaged;
• Develop, review and maintain appropriate HR practices, policies and procedures;
• Assist in corporate strategy development and implementation.
• Manage employee relations and grievance process;
• Manage the administration and periodical review of compensation and benefits for all staff;
• Oversee the activities directed at employee welfare, safety and health;
• Ensure an efficient and conducive work environment, housekeeping and general cleanliness;
• Ensure all administrative matters related to staff are dealt with in accordance with laid down policies; and
• Coach, mentor and develop the HR and Administration team to ensure excellent performance and effective succession planning in the Department.

Skills and Attributes

Academic Qualifications

• Must possess a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, Strategic Management or Human Resources Management

Experience

• At least 3 years? experience in HR management,

Skills and competencies

• Proven intellectual leadership in managing people and operations;
• Proven ability to think strategically and design long term plans;
• Strong organisation and coordination skills;
• Superior Communication skills both written and oral;
• Superior analytical skills;
• Superior interpersonal skills;
• Good negotiation skills;
• Conflict resolution skills
• Counseling skills

If you meet the above qualification send your cv to otungakaranja@gmail.com indicating expected salary and availability by 28th April 2013.

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Reporting to the General Manager? ? Strategy, he successful candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining Marketing strategies; overseeing all marketing, and promotional activities, proposal writing with key concentration on the public sector.

Key Responsibilities;

• Overall accountability for the organization?s Marketing Strategies and performance of the marketing function;
• Overseeing and growing client portfolio,

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree Marketing and at least 3 years experience in a senior management position in Marketing, Marketing firm or agency.
• Good proposal writing skills

Key skills include;?

• Effective team management,?
• Interpersonal skills and ability to work across functions,?
• Excellent strategic marketing.

Interested and qualified individuals should forward their applications enclosing detailed curriculum vitae, current salary, expected remuneration,? availability? and three references with a day time telephone contact and send to the following email address: otungakaranja@gmail.com to reach the undersigned not later than April 28, 2013.

Only successful candidates will be contacted.

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Higher dose of AcelRx pain drug meets trial goal

(Reuters) - AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Inc said a mid-stage trial of its experimental pain drug showed that a higher dose of the therapy met the main goal of reducing acute pain in patients, but the lower dose failed to meet the goal.

Shares of the company fell 4 percent to $5.92 on Wednesday morning on the Nasdaq. However, analysts said they viewed the trial data as positive.

"The whole point of a dose-finding trial is to find the lowest efficacious dose, and they have done that at the higher dose of 30 mcg. So, I don't read a lot into the lower dose," MLV & Co analyst Ed Arce said.

Results from the trial showed that patients receiving a 30 mcg dose of the drug, administered not more than once per hour, had significantly greater pain reduction - as measured by a standard score - than those given a placebo.

Patients receiving 20 mcg of the drug, called ARX-04, did not achieve a score that differentiated it from the placebo.

ARX-04 consists of sufentanil, an opioid, in AcelRx's NanoTab technology that enables rapid absorption when the NanoTab is placed under the tongue.

There were two serious adverse events of post-surgical infection, both of which were determined by the study investigator to be unrelated to the drug, the company said.

Two patients dropped out of the study due to adverse events, with one patient's discontinuation considered unrelated to the drug, and the other considered "probably related" to the drug.

The trial tested 101 patients following a toe surgery called bunionectomy.

The specialty pharmaceutical company focuses on developing therapies for the treatment of acute and breakthrough pain.

Its product, sufentanil NanoTab, is being tested in four trials for the treatment of post-operative pain, breakthrough pain in cancer patients, pain relief for patients undergoing procedures in a physician's office and acute pain.

The lead program ARX-01, for post-operative pain, is currently in late-stage development. The remaining, ARX-02, ARX-03 - a combination of sufentanil and triazolam - and ARX-04, are in mid-stage trials.

(Reporting by Esha Dey in Bangalore; Editing by Roshni Menon)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/acelrx-pain-drug-shows-mixed-results-mid-stage-120144152--finance.html

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Two arrested in Al Qaeda US-Canada train plot ? directed from Iran (+video)

Canadian police thwarted a terrorist attack on a US-Canada train by two men directed by Al Qaeda in Iran. Yes, Al Qaeda in Iran, say police.

By David Clark Scott,?Staff writer / April 22, 2013

RCMP Assistant Commissioner James Malizia said on Monday in Toronto, that police had arrested and charged two men with an Al Qaeda-supported plot to derail a VIA passenger train.

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Chiheb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser, who live in Montreal and Toronto, were acting alone, but were operating with support from Al Qaeda in Iran, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Al Qaeda in Iran?

Assistant RCMP Commissioner James Malizia, the officer in charge of federal policing operations, said the plot was supported by ?Al Qaeda elements in Iran.?? He also said that Al Qaeda provided "direction and guidance" to the alleged plot.

The link to Iran is a curious one. Al Qaeda leaders and Iran's leaders have not been known allies. Al Qaeda is a Sunni-based movement. Iran is predominantly Shiite. Canadian officials made clear that they weren't connecting the alleged plot to the Iranian government. But the presence of Al Qaeda leaders, who fled from Afghanistan to Iran after September 11, 2001, has been known for some time.

As Peter Bergen, wrote for CNN last month, "According to US documents and officials, in addition to [Suleiman] Abu Ghaith, other of bin Laden's inner circle who ended up in Iran include the formidable military commander of al Qaeda, Saif al-Adel, a former Egyptian Special Forces officer who had fought against the Soviets in Afghanistan, as well as Saad bin Laden, one of the al Qaeda's leader older sons who has played some kind of leadership role in the group."

What prompted the Bergen "Strange Bedfellows: Iran and Al Qaeda" article was the recent capture of Osama Bin Laden's son-in-law, Suleiman Abu Ghaith. As Reuters reported, "he was captured on Feb. 28 and brought secretly to the?United States?... Law enforcement sources say he was detained in?Jordan?by local authorities and the FBI after was believed to have been expelled from?Turkey." But for most of the past decade Abu Ghaith had been living in Iran.

"Current and former US officials said that group, known to US investigators as the Al Qaeda "Management Council," was kept more or less under control by the?Iranian government, which viewed it with suspicion."

Bergen describes the life of Al Qaeda members in Iran is a loose form of house arrest.? They are allowed to go out shopping, for example, but with restrictions.

This latest example of an Al Qaeda-Iran tie will raise some eyebrows.

And how serious was this latest terrorist threat in Canada?

Charges include conspiring to carry out an attack against, and conspiring to murder persons unknown for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a terrorist group, according to the RCMP press release. "It was definitely in the planning stage but not imminent," RCMP chief superintendent Jennifer Strachan told reporters. But she declined to give more details.

Neither men were Canadian, and Canadian law enforcement officials did not state their nationality, but some media reports described them as Tunisians.

US officials?told Reuters that the attack plotters were targeting a rail line between New York and Toronto, but Canadian police did not publicly confirm which route was the target.

Canadian law enforcement officials praised the cooperation between various agencies, including the FBI, the US Department of Homeland Security, Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Canada Border Services Agency, and various local Canadian police departments.

The CBC News says that it's "highly placed sources" tell them that the suspected terrorists have been under surveillance for more than a year in Quebec and southern Ontario.

The two men are reportedly to appear in a Toronto court Tuesday, and more details may be forthcoming in that hearing.

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/csmonitor/globalnews/~3/aHsKGCVC0Ow/Two-arrested-in-Al-Qaeda-US-Canada-train-plot-directed-from-Iran-video

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Egypt justice minister submits resignation

CAIRO (AP) ? A government spokesman says Egypt's justice minister has submitted his resignation after the president's supporters engaged in violent street clashes with opponents over calls to "cleanse the judiciary."

Supporters of President Mohammed Morsi want him to purge the judiciary of former regime supporters. Many opponents of the call view it as an attempt by Islamists to control the judiciary.

Cabinet spokesman Alaa el-Hadidy says Justice Minister Ahmed Mekky submitted his resignation on Sunday. The presidency did not immediately say if the resignation was accepted.

In a copy of his resignation obtained by The Associated Press, Mekky says Friday's protests led to the decision. He also mentions a new law being discussed in parliament that could dismiss 3,500 of Egypt's approximately 13,000 judges and prosecution officials by lowering the retirement age.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-justice-minister-submits-resignation-143111926.html

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Spain's population falls as immigrants flee crisis

By Fiona Ortiz

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's official population fell last year for the first time since records began as immigrants fled a five-year on-and-off recession that has sent unemployment soaring.

The number of residents fell by 206,000 to 47.1 million, the National Statistics Institute said on Monday, a figure entirely accounted for by the fall in the number of registered foreign residents.

It was the first time a population drop had been recorded in official statistics since records began in 1857 - although until 1998 figures were published roughly every decade, rather than annually.

Spain and the rest of Southern Europe are suffering twin economic and fiscal crises.

During a long economic boom that ended abruptly in 2008, Spanish-speaking immigrants from Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia flocked to Spain to work in construction. Between 2000 and 2010, the immigrant population swelled from 924,000 to 5.7 million.

But building has come to a standstill since a housing bubble burst, and a government spending squeeze to try to meet strict deficit cutting targets imposed by Brussels has further strained the economy. As the unemployment rate has soared to 26 percent, many immigrants have returned home.

The biggest fall in registered foreign residents was among South Americans, especially Ecuadoreans and Colombians, the statistics agency said.

"There was extraordinary growth (in immigrants) from 2000 to 2009, which is reversing quickly due to the economic crisis," demographer Albert Esteve of the Barcelona Centre for Demographic Studies told Spain National Radio.

"Spain is less attractive because there are no jobs."

Spain's two largest groups of immigrants, Romanians and Moroccans, both shrank last year.

Not only are immigrants returning home; many Spaniards are also leaving to look for work abroad. The youth unemployment rate is higher than 50 percent.

The population of native Spaniards grew last year by 10,000, a smaller increase than in recent years, only minimally offsetting a fell of 216,000 in the number of registered foreigners.

(This story has been fixed to make it clear that the fall in population is the first ever, not first since 1946)

(Additional reporting by Inmaculada Sanz; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/spains-population-falls-immigrants-flee-crisis-130936987--business.html

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Award-winning children's author Konigsburg dies

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) ? E.L. Konigsburg, an author who twice won one of the top honors for children's literature, has died. She was 83.

Her son Paul Konigsburg says the longtime Florida resident died Friday at a hospital in Falls Church, Va., where she'd been living for the past few years with another son. She had suffered a stroke a week before she died.

She won the John Newbery Medal in 1997 for her book "The View from Saturday" and in 1968 for "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler." The Newbery is one of the top honors for children's literature. Her family says she wrote 16 children's novels and illustrated 3 picture books.

Her first book, "Jennifer, Hecate, MacBeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth" was also a Newbery honor book in 1968, making her the only author to be a winner and runner-up in the same year.

In 1997, the Newbery committee called her story of a sixth grade Academic Bowl team and their coach "a unique, jubilant tour de force characterized by good humor, positive relationships, distinctive personalities and brilliant story telling."

Konigsburg said in an interview with The Associated Press at the time: "The award represents a kind of validation that I find just most gratifying."

In 2004, she told The Dallas Morning News that she built her characters and plots by imagining situations what-if situations with her children, grandchildren and students.

"I think most of us are outsiders," she said. "And I think that's good because it makes you question things. I think it makes you see things outside yourself."

Her stories were also adapted for movies and television. Ingrid Bergman starred as Mrs. Frankweiler in a 1973 film adaptation of Konigsburg's book called "The Hideaways."

Konigsburg grew up in Pennsylvania and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in chemistry. She married David Konigsburg in 1952, and the couple lived in several cities before settling in the Jacksonville, Fla., area.

Konigsburg, who had two sons and a daughter and five grandchildren, started writing and illustrating children's books when her youngest child began kindergarten. Her husband died in 2001.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/award-winning-childrens-author-konigsburg-dies-011057403.html

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Science, Jon Jones and Josh Rosenthal: See where they fall on Cagewriter?s Hot or Not List

It was a bizarre and sad week in the world, and the sad events are still going. My heart goes out to people dealing with the tragic events in Boston and West, Texas, and those who are cleaning up from the massive storm that hit Chicagoland.

In trying times, sports can give us something to talk about that doesn't involve bombs and explosions and death tolls. If you don't want a diversion, no one will blame you, but if you do, the hot or not list from the week in MMA.

Hot -- Science: UFC president Dana White has been battling with Meniere's Disease, a disorder of the inner-ear that has wreaked havoc on his health. A surgery that was supposed to help didn't, but White tried a new therapy that he says has made a huge difference. White went to Germany and received platement-rich plasma therapy, after New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez told him to, of course.

Not -- Fans who take swings at fighters: OK, it was just one fan, but it was one fan too many. Taking a swing at Chael Sonnen or anyone else is the kind of thing that could raise security levels hinder the access fans have to their favorite fighters.

Hot -- Jon Jones: Though he made a bad move when he accused, then withdrew his accusations, Sonnen of taking steroids, Jones is still having a good week. His Nike line is on sale, making him the first UFC fighter with his own shoe.

Not -- Josh Rosenthal: The well-respected MMA referee had a bad week that probably could have been worse. After he was busted for conspiracy charges because he owned a warehouse full of marijuana plants, Rosenthal plead guilty and faces 37 months in jail.

Still taking temperature -- Benson Henderson: The UFC lightweight champ will defend his belt against Gilbert Melendez on Saturday night at UFC on Fox 7. We will find out if he's still the hottest in his division.

Stick with Cagewriter on Twitter for more on Saturday night's fights.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/science-jon-jones-josh-rosenthal-see-where-fall-183336613--mma.html

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U.S. needs "clear signals" North Korea serious about talks: White House

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The United States remains open to "authentic and credible" negotiations with North Korea, but the country would first need to show it is serious about abandoning its nuclear ambitions, a White House spokesman said on Thursday.

"So far, we have not seen that," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters aboard Air Force One. "The belligerent actions and words that we've seen emanating from the North Korean regime actually indicate the opposite."

"We're open to credible, authentic negotiations, but that's going to require clear signals from the North Korean regime, signals we haven't seen so far," Earnest said.

(Reporting by Mark Felsenthal and Roberta Rampton; Editing by Vicki Allen)

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Lawmaker Passes Resolution to Honor Himself (Taegan Goddard's Political Wire)

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ES File Explorer hits v3 with new UI, features

One of the most popular file managers on Android steps up its design chops

File managers on Android usually fall into one of two camps -- they're either well-designed and less than functional, or packed full of features and left back in the Gingerbread design days. ES File Explorer is hoping to span the gap between the two with today's update to v3. The new interface makes better use of a bottom action bar to hold common items like creating new items, searching and refreshing. The entire UI itself went to a cleaner and more visually appealing grey, blue and white scheme.

The update also brings many back-end features, including multiple window support, Wifi file transfers, gestures for navigating and many new tools. The UI and features together make this feel like a great new update to an app that really needed it. You can grab a download of the new version from the Play Store link above.

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Reid: Time to "hit a pause" on gun control bill (Washington Bureau)

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Private Rocket's Wednesday Launch a Long-Awaited Debut

It's been a long road for the private cargo-launching Antares rocket, which is set to blast off on its highly anticipated first test flight Wednesday.

Aerospace firm Orbital Sciences Corp. began developing Antares in earnest in 2008, when the company scored a NASA contract to fly robotic cargo missions to the International Space Station. Five years later, after a name change and a series of delays, the rocket is now ready to blast off Wednesday (April 17) afternoon from a newly refurbished launchpad at Virginia's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS).

"We've worked really hard over the last several years to go develop this new launch vehicle and a new launch site," said Mark Pieczynski, vice president of business development for Orbital's launch systems group. "We've got a great deal of confidence that our launch vehicle and the launch site are both ready to demonstrate their capabilities." [Antares Rocket's First Test Flight (Photos)]

Antares is slated to blast off at 5 p.m. EST (2100 GMT) Wednesday.?You can watch the launch webcast live here at SPACE.com, courtesy of NASA.

Private cargo delivery

The NASA contract pays Orbital $1.9 billion to make eight unmanned supply flights to the space station using Antares and a spacecraft called Cygnus. The agency also signed a $1.6 billion deal with California-based SpaceX for 12 missions with its Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket.

Dragon has already completed two of those contracted supply runs, delivering cargo on flights in October 2012 and this past March. Dragon also successfully rendezvoused with the orbiting lab in May 2012 on a demonstration mission.

It has taken Antares ? which was called the Taurus 2 until Virginia-based Orbital changed its name in 2011 ? and Cygnus a bit longer to get off the ground, partly because their launch pad wasn't ready yet.

MARS is overseen by the Virginia Commercial Spaceflight Authority and located at the southern end of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, which has hosted the liftoffs of many sounding rockets and other small launch vehicles over the years.

MARS' Launch Pad 0A was constructed in 1995 for the now-defunct Conestoga rocket, and then rebuilt to accommodate Antares and Cygnus. The upgrade did not always go as smoothly as Orbital officials had hoped, causing some schedule slips.

But everything is ready to go now, and Wednesday's launch will break in a new jumping-off point for flights to the International Space Station.?(SpaceX's cargo missions lift off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., a storied launching ground for many manned and unmanned spaceflights over the years.)

"There have been a lot of launches from Wallops; I think the number of launches exceeds 14,000," Pieczynski told SPACE.com "But this will truly be the first opportunity to launch anything from Wallops to go to space station."

The test flight

Antares and Cygnus won't fly together Wednesday. Antares' maiden launch ? which Orbital is calling A-ONE ? will instead carry a Cygnus "mass simulator" and a handful of tiny satellites to an expected maximum altitude of between 155 miles and 185 miles (249 and 298 kilometers).

If all goes well with the 10-minute test flight, Antares and Cygnus could launch on a demonstration mission to the space station by late June, Orbital officials say.

The company is excited to see the 131-foot-tall (40 meters) Antares get off the ground and help pave the way for bona fide cargo runs.

"SpaceX looks like they've done a pretty good job," Orbital spokesman Barron Beneski told SPACE.com. "Now it's our turn at bat."

Visit SPACE.com for complete coverage of Wednesday's Antares rocket test flight.

Editor's note:?If you snap a great photo of Orbital's Antares rocket launch that?you'd like to share for a possible story or image gallery, send photos, comments, and your name and location to managing editor Tariq Malik at?spacephotos@space.com.

Follow Mike Wall on Twitter?@michaeldwall.?Follow us?@Spacedotcom,?Facebook?or?Google+. Originally published on SPACE.com.

Copyright 2013 SPACE.com, a TechMediaNetwork company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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BlackBerry Z10 smartphone review

To be honest, I can’t remember the last BlackBerry device that I reviewed. It’s been many years ago and they’ve been off my radar until recently. The announcement of the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone caught my eye because of the phone’s good looks. But can this smartphone run with the iOS and Android big dogs, or [...]

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EZ 110 Punch Down Tool + RJ45 Crimper (HT-110EZ)

Applications, services and even hardware-based tech such as storage and servers, continue to move out of the datacenter and into the cloud. Still, many organizations have IT staff managing equipment in the datacenter and doing tasks like cabling for telephony and data. These folks are typically networking and/or telecom specialists and they lay the groundwork for smooth-running networks.

To successfully create Ethernet jacks that computers connect to and for terminating Ethernet cables in a way that does not impair the data signal, IT workers need the right tools. Crimpers are used to terminate RJ45 heads?the little plastic plugs that allow an Ethernet cable to fit either into an RJ45 wall jack or the Ethernet port on a computer. I've had numerous experiences with crimpers that did not have the right amount of pressure to make a good crimp as well as the sometimes-flimsy punch down tool that comes with RJ45 jacks?making wiring time-consuming and frustrating.

That's why anyone doing network wiring will appreciate a combo tool such as L-com's EZ 110 Punch Down Tool + RJ45 crimper. It's not only a crimper for terminating Cat 5, 5e or 6 cables, but it also will punch down a 110 IDC RJ45 jack. It's a quality piece of equipment.

The HT-110EZ has a weighty feel; it's solid and easy to tell it's well made. Yet, it's still light enough to throw into a telecom bag and travel with it if you do wiring at multiple sites.

A blue handle serves as the crimping tool. The tool has a latch that you use to secure the handle into the punch-down part of the tool, making it more compact and easy to fit inside a cluttered workbag.

The crimping tool is made for unshielded modular RJ45 plugs. I found it real easy to terminate a network cable. I remember using some crimpers where it took all my hand strength to squeeze and get the cable crimped. Those subpar crimpers are more like hand crampers? especially if you are dealing with lots of cables!

The punch down part of the tool is effective as well. I did a pin-out on a modular 110 RJ45 jack. The blade easily cut through the twisted pair wires. The HT-110EZ provides consistent, quick RJ45 jack wiring?so important for good data communications.

There seems to be a lot less pressure on the jack doing a punch down using the HT-110EZ over an impact tool. One consideration though, with an impact tool you can maneuver a little more with punching down a jack and can check how your wires are positioned before punching down. Since you insert the TJ45 plug into the HT-110EZ's groove for the keystone jack, you have to make sure the cables are all set correctly before inserting the jack into the tool and punching down.

The HT-110EZ lists for $45. That's a bargain if you consider you are getting two common network cabling tools in one: a crimper and a punch down tool. A decent crimper alone can run about $40-$30 dollars, and if you use a regular impact punch down tool (again, a well-made one) that can cost about another $20. So you are getting a good deal with L-com's equipment.

There are a few caveats: If you have a mixed infrastructure, for example, you may have 110 blocks, a 66 block and maybe even a Krone panel, this tool is limited for you, as it is only for 110 blocks. L-com does offer impact tools which have blades you can switch out for different blocks.

Also, once the 2,000 cycle blade use limit is reached, the company won't replace the blade or anything like that. It recommends getting a new HT-110EZ. If you do a lot of cabling work, you may go through the blade in a short time.

Still, this is a tool I would have loved back in the days when I had to wire hundreds of jacks under deadline and regularly made custom network cables. Datacenter wiring remains an integral part of IT network/telecom duties. You need the right tool for the job and L-com's HT-110EZ is the right tool at the right price and earns a 4.5 out of 5 star Editors' Choice for networking tools.

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A Flow Chart Explaining All Time Travel in Movies

Ever wonder how the time travel theories in one movie line up with every other movie about time travel? Here's a pretty great flowchart that susses out exactly which type of of temporal chaos a movie wreaks. Although even with this thing, I still don't know what the heck was going on in Twelve Monkeys. [Mr. Dalliard via ILoveCharts via LaughingSquid] More »

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Venezuela's Maduro named election winner, opposition protests

CARACAS (Reuters) - Nicolas Maduro, a former bus driver who became Hugo Chavez's protege, was declared the winner of Venezuela's presidential election on Sunday but the opposition refused to accept the result and demanded a recount of all the votes. Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles said he did not recognize the official results that gave Maduro 50.7 percent support versus 49.1 percent for him, a difference of just 235,000 ballots.

Defiant North Korea celebrates founder's anniversary

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea celebrated the 101st anniversary of its founder's birth on Monday with no signs of tension easing on the peninsula after it rejected talks with South Korea aimed at normalizing ties and re-opening a joint industrial park. The United States has also offered talks, but on the pre-condition that North Korea abandons its nuclear weapons ambitions. North Korea deems its nuclear arms a "treasured sword" and has vowed never to give them up.

Six strangled, one decapitated in Mexican resort of Cancun

CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Six people were found strangled to death and one decapitated in the southern Mexican tourist resort of Cancun on Sunday, the state's deputy attorney general said, in the latest mass killing to strike the city in the last few weeks. Police found the bodies of the five men and two women in a shack in the outskirts of Cancun, a major tourist destination on Mexico's Caribbean coast, that has largely escaped the drug-related violence that has racked Acapulco, a faded tourist destination on the Pacific coast.

Kremlin criticizes U.S. blacklist ahead of Obama adviser visit

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin's spokesman on Sunday called a U.S. law barring Russians from the country over alleged rights abuses unacceptable interference in Russia's affairs, setting a tough tone before a visit by a senior White House adviser. Dmitry Peskov's remarks were the first comment from Putin's office after the U.S. administration named 18 Russians subject to visa bans and asset freezes over the Magnitsky Act legislation passed by Congress late last year.

Al Qaeda adds urgency to search for Syrian peace

AMMAN (Reuters) - International powers will search for a peaceful settlement to Syria's civil war with fresh urgency at an Istanbul meeting after a rebel faction aligned itself with al Qaeda, diplomats and opposition sources said on Sunday. Saturday's meeting of 11 countries from the Friends of Syria alliance will come after the al-Nusra Front, among the strongest formations seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad, pledged allegiance to al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri on April 10.

Exclusive: Lion Air crash pilot felt jet "dragged" from sky

PARIS (Reuters) - The pilot whose Indonesian jet slumped into the sea while trying to land in Bali has described how he felt it "dragged" down by wind while he struggled to regain control, a person familiar with the matter said. All 108 passengers and crew miraculously survived when the Boeing 737 passenger jet, operated by Indonesian budget carrier Lion Air, undershot the tourist island's main airport runway and belly-flopped in water on Saturday.

Canada's Liberals go for youth over experience in Trudeau scion

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's Liberals crowned charismatic rising political star Justin Trudeau as their party leader on Sunday, relying more on hope and a youthful image than on experience and substance to contest seven years of Conservative rule. The 41-year-old son of the swashbuckling former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Justin won a convincing 80 percent of the votes cast by party supporters over the five remaining candidates.

Chad says troops unsuited to guerrilla war, quitting Mali

DAKAR (Reuters) - Chad will withdraw its troops from Mali where they risk being bogged down in guerrilla war after helping to drive Islamists from northern towns, President Idriss Deby said in comments broadcast on Sunday. His words came days after a suicide bomber killed three Chadian troops in the northern town of Kidal, demonstrating how al Qaeda-linked Islamists are still able to strike in the heavily-defended towns they once controlled.

Egypt to try Brotherhood members accused of torture

CAIRO (Reuters) - Two Muslim Brotherhood members in northern Egypt have been ordered to stand trial on charges of detaining and torturing students during a protest against the president the group propelled to power. The charges are a rare acknowledgement of the alleged role that some of the president's supporters have had in attacks on his opponents.

Iraq election candidates killed before local vote

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two Iraqi Sunni Muslim candidates were killed less than a week before local elections that will be a test of the country's political stability after U.S. troops left more than a year ago. The election on Saturday to select provincial council members will measure Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's political muscle against Shi'ite and Sunni rivals before the parliamentary election in 2014.

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