Families in a West Bank town call on divine intercession to stop the construction of a barrier they say will separate residents from their own land. NBC News' Yara Borgal reports.
By Yara Borgal, Producer, NBC News
BEIT JALA, West Bank -- A West Bank community plants olive trees, even though many residents don?t think they will ever see them harvested. Any day, construction of Israel?s security wall could slice through this valley.?
?We are trying in a way to keep this land ? especially for the children of Beit Jala to feel a little bit of freedom,? said Maher Matar, a resident of the mostly Christian Palestinian community of 58 families.
Appeals to Israel?s courts have failed to stop the project, which Israel says is vital to protect it from terrorist attacks.
The impending decision has prompted both Christians and Muslims in the area to gather for weekly prayers they hope will stop Israel from building the separation wall.
While the International Criminal Court has said the wall is ?illegal? under international law, Israel maintains the structure is essential.
?It is important to remember that before the waves of Palestinian terror took 1,000 Israeli lives, there was no need for a fence. There was no need for a security barrier,? said Israeli Defense Ministry spokesman Josh Hantman. ?This barrier, it saves lives. And every inch of the barrier is open to judicial review and up for appeal.?
Israel has already completed 65 percent of the planned 435-mile barrier. Human rights organization B?Tselem says that if the wall is finished, 85 percent will fall on Palestinian land.
?People abroad they think we are terrorists,? said Elaine, a Beit Jala resident who would give only her first name.? ?We are not terrorists. We are fighting for our own rights. We are fighting for our own homes for our own land.??
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? Manti Te'o walked into a crowded room of reporters Saturday, took a breath and settled in for 15 minutes of NFL scouting combine history.
Again, the former Notre Dame linebacker explained how he had been duped into an Internet romance he had with a girlfriend he never met. He did his best to turn the page on an embarrassing chapter by talking football. This time, he even got to see it play out on live television 12 yards away ? where three muted flat-screen monitors were in direct view of Te'o.
He answered every question with thoughtful deliberation and tried to provide clarity on a hoax that turned one of the nation's most inspirational college football players into the butt of national jokes.
"I cared for somebody. That's what I was taught to do ever since I was young. Somebody needs help, you help them out," Te'o said.
Later he added: "People doubted me because I took a while to come out. From our point of view, we wanted to let everything come out first, and then let my side come out. The way we did it, I thought, worked best for me."
Te'o's news conference was the most anticipated event of the NFL's second-biggest offseason weekend, which brought the makeshift media room inside Lucas Oil Stadium to a virtual standstill ? twice.
The too-good-to-be-true story began with Te'o's incredible performances after learning his grandmother and what he believed was his girlfriend had died within hours of one another in September. Te'o said it inspired him to play his best football all season, and it was so compelling that it helped turn Te'o into a Heisman Trophy contender as he was leading the Fighting Irish to an undefeated regular season and into the national championship game.
On Dec. 26, Te'o notified Notre Dame officials that he had received a call from his supposedly dead girlfriend's phone three weeks earlier.
The school investigated and on Jan. 16 ? after Deadspin.com broke the story of the fake girlfriend ? athletic director Jack Swarbrick announced at a news conference that Te'o had been duped. Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, 22, later said he created the online persona of Lennay Kekua, a nonexistent woman who Te'o said he fell in love with despite never meeting her in person.
Since then, Te'o had only done a few one-on-one interviews.
On Saturday all that changed as many of the 800 credentialed media members surrounded the podium in rows that went eight deep. Te'o wore a tie-died red-and-black workout shirt.
"It's pretty crazy," said Te'o, who has played most of his games on national television and was one of the most recognizable college players last season. "I've been in front of a few cameras before, but never as many as this."
Only two scenes from the combine over the past 15 years could even compare to what Te'o had to contend with Saturday.
The first came in 2004 when former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett was allowed to participate in the combine after a court ruled he should be allowed to enter the draft after finishing high school only two years earlier. That decision was later reversed.
The other time was 2010, when Heisman Trophy winner and two-time national champion Tim Tebow stepped to the podium in Indianapolis and everyone, including those listening to Packers coach Mike McCarthy, sprinted to the opposite end of the room for Tebow.
This was different.
When word leaked Te'o would speak at about noon, reporters immediately surrounded the podium. Over the next 25 minutes, rumors circulated that in a rare and possibly unprecedented move, Te'o's agent would speak from the podium. That did not happen. There also was speculation that Te'o might deliver an opening statement like the then-injured Michael Crabtree did in 2009 and Cam Newton did two years later. That did not happen, either, though Te'o did make a closing statement in which he thanked his family, friends and fans for standing by him during this tumultuous month.
"It's definitely embarrassing. You walk into grocery stores and people give you double takes to see if they're staring at you," he said before explaining he's moved on. "If I was embarrassed, I wouldn't be able to stand in front of you."
The only thing that really matters in Indy, though, is what team officials think. Te'o said in the two formal interviews he's had, with Green Bay and Houston, they have asked about the hoax. He has another 18 interviews left.
Will it hurt his draft position?
Former NFL executive Bill Polian, architect of four Super Bowl teams in Buffalo and two in Indianapolis, has been adamant that it won't, and coaches and general managers seem to agree.
Most say they are more concerned with the red flags of other players -- drug use, alcohol abuse, academic woes and even criminal allegations -- than they are with Te'o's tale.
"Somebody that's not truthful, that's big, to me. I'm a big fan of the 'Judge Judy' show. And when you lie in Judge Judy's courtroom, it's over. Your credibility is completely lost. You have no chance of winning that case," San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh said Friday. "I learned that from her. It's very powerful, and true. Because if somebody does lie to you, how can you ever trust anything they ever say after that?"
Two questions later, he was asked whether that meant the reigning NFC champs would avoid Te'o in April's draft.
"No. I wouldn't say that," Harbaugh said.
Te'o and the general public weren't the only ones watching the interview session Saturday.
Team officials are taking notes, too.
"Honestly, it's a distraction. If he can handle that distraction and still be able to perform on the football field, I really don't think it makes that much of a difference," Carolina coach Ron Rivera said before Te'o spoke. "We'll talk about it, we'll find out about it. The bottom line is, is he a good person and can he play football?"
On the field, Te'o's is one of the top linebackers available.
Last season, he won the Maxwell Award, Bednarik Award, Butkus Award, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Lombardi Award and Walter Camp national player of the year and finished second in balloting for the Trophy.
But there are concerns. Te'o was asked if the undercurrent of the hoax explained his poor play in Notre Dame's BCS championship game loss to Alabama. He has said it didn't.
"They want to be able to trust their players. You don't want to invest in somebody you can't trust," Te'o said. "With everybody here, they're just trying to get to know you as a person and as a football player, and I understand where they're coming from."
But the hardest part has been seeing the impact it's had on those around him.
In a phone call, Te'o said his sister explained how the family had to sneak into its own house because of the people parked in the front yard, and he also said he empathized with the chaos it has caused Tuiasosopo's family. He said he has no plans to sue, either.
Instead, Te'o just wants to forget about the hoax and focus on football.
"I've learned first, just to be honest in everything you do, from the big things to the small things. To keep your circle very small and to really understand who's in your corner and who's not," he said. "Going off of the season my team and I had, there were a lot of people in our corner, and then when Jan. 16th happened, there was a lot of people in the other corner. I've just learned to appreciate the people that I have that are with me."
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) ? Six underground tanks that hold a brew of radioactive and toxic waste at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site are leaking, federal and state officials said Friday.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said the leaking material poses no immediate risk to public safety or the environment because it would take a while ? perhaps years ? to reach groundwater.
But the leaking tanks raise new concerns about delays for emptying them and strike another blow to federal efforts to clean up south-central Washington's Hanford nuclear reservation, where successes often are overshadowed by delays, budget overruns and technological challenges.
Department of Energy spokeswoman Lindsey Geisler said there was no immediate health risk and said federal officials would work with Washington state to address the matter.
State officials just last week announced that one of Hanford's 177 underground tanks was leaking 150 to 300 gallons a year, posing a risk to groundwater and rivers. So far, nearby monitoring wells haven't detected higher radioactivity levels.
Inslee traveled to Washington, D.C., this week to discuss the problem with federal officials. He said Friday that he learned in meetings that six tanks are leaking waste.
"We received very disturbing news today," the governor said. "I think that we are going to have a course of new action and that will be vigorously pursued in the next several weeks."
The federal government built the Hanford facility at the height of World War II as part of the Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb. The remote site produced plutonium for the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, and continued supporting the nation's nuclear weapons arsenal for years.
Today, it is the most contaminated nuclear site in the country, still surrounded by sagebrush but with Washington's Tri-Cities of Richland, Kennewick and Pasco several miles downriver.
Hanford's tanks hold some 53 million gallons of highly radioactive waste ? enough to fill dozens of Olympic-size swimming pools ? and many of those tanks are known to have leaked in the past. An estimated 1 million gallons of radioactive liquid already leaked there.
The tanks also are long past their intended 20-year life span ? raising concerns that even more tanks could be leaking ? though they were believed to have been stabilized in 2005.
Inslee said the falling waste levels in the six tanks were missed because only a narrow band of measurements was evaluated, rather than a wider band that would have shown the levels changing over time.
"It's like if you're trying to determine if climate change is happening, only looking at the data for today," he said. "Perhaps human error, the protocol did not call for it. But that's not the most important thing at the moment. The important thing now is to find and address the leakers."
There are legal, moral and ethical considerations to cleaning up the Hanford site at the national level, Inslee said, adding that he will continue to insist that the Energy Department completely clean up the site.
He also stressed the state would impose a "zero-tolerance" policy on radioactive waste leaking into the soil.
Cleanup is expected to last decades and cost billions of dollars.
The federal government already spends $2 billion each year on Hanford cleanup ? one-third of its entire budget for nuclear cleanup nationally. The Energy Department has said it expects funding levels to remain the same for the foreseeable future, but a new Energy Department report released this week includes annual budgets of as much as $3.5 billion during some years of the cleanup effort.
Much of that money goes toward construction of a plant to convert the underground waste into glasslike logs for safe, secure storage. The plant, last estimated at more than $12.3 billion, is billions of dollars over budget and behind schedule. It isn't expected to being operating until at least 2019.
Given those delays, the federal government will have to show that there is adequate storage for the waste in the meantime, Inslee said.
"We are not convinced of this," he said. "There will be a robust exchange of information in the coming weeks to get to the bottom of this."
Inslee and Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber have championed building additional tanks to ensure safe storage of the waste until the plant is completed. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said earlier this week that he shares their concerns about the integrity of the tanks but he wants more scientific information to determine it's the correct way to spend scarce money.
Tom Carpenter of Hanford Challenge, a Hanford watchdog group, said Friday it's disappointing that the Energy Department is not further along on the waste treatment plant and that there aren't new tanks to transfer waste into.
"None of these tanks would be acceptable for use today. They are all beyond their design life. None of them should be in service," he said. "And yet, they're holding two-thirds of the nation's high-level nuclear waste."
Wyden noted the nation's most contaminated nuclear site ? and the challenges associated with ridding it of its toxic legacy ? will be a subject of upcoming hearings and a higher priority in Washington, D.C.
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Associated Press writer Dina Cappiello in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) affects more than 90 percent of the population worldwide and was the first human virus found to be associated with cancer. Now, researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have broadened the understanding of this widespread infection with their discovery of a second B-cell attachment receptor for EBV.
The new findings, which currently appear on-line in Cell Reports, reinforce current directions being taken in the development of a vaccine to guard against EBV, and raise important new questions regarding the virus's possible relationship to malaria and to autoimmune diseases.
"Our discovery that CD35 is an attachment receptor for EBV helps explain several previously unsolved observations," explains the study's senior author Joyce Fingeroth, MD, a member of the Division of Infectious Diseases at BIDMC and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
First discovered in the early 1960s, EBV is one of eight viruses in the human herpesvirus family. The virus affects nine out of 10 people at some point in their lifetimes. Infections in early childhood often cause no disease symptoms, but people infected during adolescence or young adulthood may develop infectious mononucleosis. EBV is also associated with several types of cancer, including Hodgkin's lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and has been linked to certain autoimmune disorders.
"EBV was the first human virus that was discovered to be a tumor virus," explains Fingeroth. "In fact, individuals who have had infectious mononucleosis have a four times increased risk of developing Hodgkin's disease." After the initial infection, the EBV virus remains in a person's body for life.
To gain entry, viruses must first attach to their host cells. For herpesviruses, receptors on the viral envelope become connected to complementary receptors on the cell membrane. In the case of EBV, the virus gains access to the immune system by attaching to primary B cells.
Nearly 30 years ago, Fingeroth and her colleagues discovered that this attachment occurs via the CD21 protein, which until now was the only known B cell attachment receptor for EBV. The recent finding that B cells from a patient lacking CD21 can be infected and immortalized by EBV had indicated that an alternative attachment receptor must exist. The identification of this second receptor -- CD35 -- by Fingeroth's team, led by first author Javier Ogembo, PhD, of BIDMC and the University of Massachusetts Medical School, not only underscores an important finding regarding primary infection but also underscores the importance of EBVgp350/220, (the virus protein that has been found to bind to both attachment receptors) for the development of a vaccine against EBV.
"The EBV glycoprotein gp350/220 is the most abundant surface glycoprotein on the virus," notes Fingeroth, adding that these results further suggest the virus fusion apparatus is the same for both receptors. "An EBV vaccine might be able to prevent infection or, alternatively, greatly reduce a person's risk of developing infectious mononucleosis and EBV-associated cancers, without necessarily preventing the EBV infection itself."
Interestingly, she adds, whereas a human has now been identified to be lacking the CD21 receptor, no persons are known to lack CD35.
"CD35 is a latecomer in evolution and in its current form, exists only in humans," says Fingeroth. "We know that it is often targeted in autoimmune diseases and was recently identified as a malaria receptor. Our new discovery may, therefore, reveal new avenues for the exploration of unexplained links between EBV, autoimmune diseases, malaria and cancer."
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Los Angeles, CA (February 22, 2013) Studies report that since 2004, suicides rates in the U.S. Army have been on the rise. While researchers debate the cause, a new study finds that among suicide cases from 2007 2010, young white males were more at risk than any other demographic. This study, out today, will be published in Armed Forces & Society, a SAGE journal published on behalf of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society.
Army Research Psychologists James Griffith and Mark Vaitkus analyzed data from the Army National Guard's (ARNG) personnel data system, from a routine data collection of ARNG soldiers returning from deployment, and Army reserve soldiers' responses to the 2009 Status of Forces Questionnaire. They found that 17-24 year-olds were an average of 1.59 times more likely to have committed suicide than their older peers, that males were 3.05 times more likely to have committed suicide than females, and that white soldiers were 1.85 times more likely to have committed suicide than other race groups.
Additionally, researchers found that for soldiers that had been deployed, combat exposure and other military-related variables showed little to no associations with suicide risk. These findings are consistent with those reported in other, independently conducted Army studies.
Researchers offered explanations for each of the three suicide patterns among ARNG soldiers. For example, as suicides in the Army are more likely to occur among 17 to 24 year-olds, Griffith and Vaitkus discussed how this younger age group is one in which individuals are likely to be struggling to define who they are and how they relate to others. "Self-identity provides the individual with a sense of worth and meaning, characteristics often absent in suicide cases," authors stated.
Griffith and Vaitkus also stated that African American, compared to white, communities often have better support systems, higher participation in religion, and have also been described to be more resilient in adapting to difficult life experiences.
With regards to differences between male and female soldiers, researchers stated that males are more likely to engage in behavior that would put them at risk for suicide such as familiarity with and use of fire arms and alcohol/substance abuse, that men are less likely to seek or develop social support, and that women benefit more from social integration than men.
Researchers stated that they hoped their findings would help identify those who are at risk for suicide and concluded, "after identifying those at risk, soldiers need to be managed and provided appropriate support and care." Nevertheless, they also noted that this is complicated for reservists who spend most of their time in "part-time" or civilian status. As reservists now number about one-half the active duty Army, the researchers argued for more deliberate thought on how best to screen reserve soldiers who are at-risk for suicide, especially with the recent increased reliance on the reserves. At present, reservists identified as at risk must rely on their own private health care for treatment, which is likely to be inadequate.
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Find out more by reading the article, "Perspectives on Suicide in the Army National Guard," in Armed Forces & Society (AFS). For access to this article, please email camille.gamboa@sagepub.com.
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Los Angeles, CA (February 22, 2013) Studies report that since 2004, suicides rates in the U.S. Army have been on the rise. While researchers debate the cause, a new study finds that among suicide cases from 2007 2010, young white males were more at risk than any other demographic. This study, out today, will be published in Armed Forces & Society, a SAGE journal published on behalf of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society.
Army Research Psychologists James Griffith and Mark Vaitkus analyzed data from the Army National Guard's (ARNG) personnel data system, from a routine data collection of ARNG soldiers returning from deployment, and Army reserve soldiers' responses to the 2009 Status of Forces Questionnaire. They found that 17-24 year-olds were an average of 1.59 times more likely to have committed suicide than their older peers, that males were 3.05 times more likely to have committed suicide than females, and that white soldiers were 1.85 times more likely to have committed suicide than other race groups.
Additionally, researchers found that for soldiers that had been deployed, combat exposure and other military-related variables showed little to no associations with suicide risk. These findings are consistent with those reported in other, independently conducted Army studies.
Researchers offered explanations for each of the three suicide patterns among ARNG soldiers. For example, as suicides in the Army are more likely to occur among 17 to 24 year-olds, Griffith and Vaitkus discussed how this younger age group is one in which individuals are likely to be struggling to define who they are and how they relate to others. "Self-identity provides the individual with a sense of worth and meaning, characteristics often absent in suicide cases," authors stated.
Griffith and Vaitkus also stated that African American, compared to white, communities often have better support systems, higher participation in religion, and have also been described to be more resilient in adapting to difficult life experiences.
With regards to differences between male and female soldiers, researchers stated that males are more likely to engage in behavior that would put them at risk for suicide such as familiarity with and use of fire arms and alcohol/substance abuse, that men are less likely to seek or develop social support, and that women benefit more from social integration than men.
Researchers stated that they hoped their findings would help identify those who are at risk for suicide and concluded, "after identifying those at risk, soldiers need to be managed and provided appropriate support and care." Nevertheless, they also noted that this is complicated for reservists who spend most of their time in "part-time" or civilian status. As reservists now number about one-half the active duty Army, the researchers argued for more deliberate thought on how best to screen reserve soldiers who are at-risk for suicide, especially with the recent increased reliance on the reserves. At present, reservists identified as at risk must rely on their own private health care for treatment, which is likely to be inadequate.
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Find out more by reading the article, "Perspectives on Suicide in the Army National Guard," in Armed Forces & Society (AFS). For access to this article, please email camille.gamboa@sagepub.com.
Armed Forces & Society (AFS), a quarterly publication, publishes articles on military institutions, civil-military relations, arms control and peacemaking, and conflict management. The journal is international in scope with a focus on historical, comparative, and interdisciplinary discourse. The editors and contributors include political scientists, sociologists, historians, psychologists, scholars, and economists, as well as specialists in military organization and strategy, arms control, and peacekeeping. http://afs.sagepub.com/
Two-Year Impact Factor: 0.815
Ranked: 67 out of 137 in Sociology and 52 out of 148 in Political Science
Five-Year Impact Factor: 0.918
Ranked: 64 out of 137 in Sociology and 52 out of 148 in Political Science
Source: 2011 Journal Citation Reports (Thomson Reuters, 2012)
Ranked in the top 10 Military Studies Journals in Google Scholar
The Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society (IUS) is a forum for the interchange and assessment of research and scholarship in the social and behavioral sciences dealing with the military establishment and civil-military relations. The Fellows who make up the IUS include academics, military officers, researchers, and students representing a variety of private and public institutions and various academic disciplines. http://www.iusafs.org/
SAGE is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets. Since 1965, SAGE has helped inform and educate a global community of scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students spanning a wide range of subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology, and medicine. An independent company, SAGE has principal offices in Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC. www.sagepublications.com
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PHILADELPHIA -- After a week of blown leads and shutout losses, the Panthers hope they rediscovered their mojo in the strangest of places Thursday night.
For the first time since the season opener on Jan. 19, the Panthers pulled out all the offensive stops ? and made the big ones in net as well ? to snap a five-game winless streak with a 5-2 victory over the host Flyers.
The Panthers won twice at Wells Fargo Center in the same year for the first time since 2006-07 after winning here in a shootout Feb. 7. Thursday?s win was fueled by a power-play goal, a penalty-shot goal and 32 saves from surprise starter Scott Clemmensen.
Rookie Jonathan Huberdeau?s campaign for the league?s top rookie award continues to gain traction as he ended with two goals and two assists for his first four-point game.
Huberdeau, 19, leads the Panthers in goals (eight) and points (13).
?It was a good snapshot of why Dale [Tallon] and our management staff speak so highly of him,?? coach Kevin Dineen said. ?He?s heading in the right direction; he?s playing hard, playing well and playing the right way.?
Clemmensen?s play was perhaps the bright spot of the night ? fitting since he was wearing a new feline-themed mask that looked like it was painted with a fluorescent yellow highlight marker.
Even though Huberdeau had the memorable SportsCenter-worthy goal, it was Clemmensen?s performance that was most satisfying for the Panthers as both he and the team so desperately needed it.
Clemmensen lost his previous three starts this season and had given up 17 goals in five appearances which included relief of starter Jose Theodore. Last Tuesday, Clemmensen had a 5-3 lead on the Capitals in the third period that ended up a 6-5 overtime loss.
With rookie Jacob Markstrom recalled from the minors Wednesday, the heat was on Clemmensen to make this start count whether he would admit it or not.
?If I?m in a situation where I?m feeling some pressure, it?s how you respond,? Dineen said. ?You look for opportunity and to take care of things. It hasn?t gone great this year but I like the push-back tonight.?
Clemmensen made a couple early saves to allow his team to build a 3-0 lead by the midway point of the first period. Clemmensen had to make a few other big saves, but the Flyers didn?t have much in the tank after Wednesday?s 6-5 win in Pittsburgh.
?Hopefully this is harbinger of things to come for me moving forward,?? said Clemmensen, who gave up the first goal with 6:11 left and Florida up 4-0. ?This was just a big win for everyone.??
Clemmensen made 13 saves in an opening period in which the Panthers got goals from Peter Mueller and Tomas Kopecky within a span of 29 seconds to make it 2-0.
Midway through the first, Huberdeau got loose on a breakaway and was pulled on by Kimmo Timonen as he approached goalie Ilya Bryzgalov.
In Florida?s previous trip here, Huberdeau scored on his first shootout attempt against Bryzgalov with a slick move. Thursday, Huberdeau actually improved on that by completely faking out Bryzgalov on his first NHL career penalty-shot attempt for a 3-0 lead.
?I love being in shootouts and taking the puck. I?m glad to score for the team,?? said Huberdeau, once again wearing the cheeky red velvet cavalier hat which players award to the game?s hero after victories.
?For sure, my confidence is high after a game like this. But we?re going right back at it [Friday] in Pittsburgh.??
Said Clemmensen: ?I?m glad he?s on my team. I go against him in practice, and he?s very tough when we do shootouts. Now I expect to see those dazzling moves from that guy. Needless to say, he has a bright future.?
GAUHATI, India (AP) ? Adolf Hitler is running for election in India. So is Frankenstein.
The tiny northeast Indian state of Meghalaya has a special fascination for interesting and sometimes controversial names, and the ballot for state elections Saturday is proof.
Among the 345 contestants running for the state assembly are Frankenstein Momin, Billykid Sangma, Field Marshal Mawphniang and Romeo Rani. Some, like Kenedy Marak, Kennedy Cornelius Khyriem and Jhim Carter Sangma, are clearly hoping for the electoral success of their namesake American presidents.
Then there is Hitler.
This 54-year-old father of three has won three elections to the state assembly with little controversy over being named after the Nazi dictator.
His father had worked with the British army, but apparently developed enough of a fascination with Great Britain's archenemy to name his son Adolf Hitler ? though he also gave him the middle name Lu, Hitler said.
"I am aware at one point of time Adolf Hitler was the most hated person on earth for the genocide of the Jews. But my father added 'Lu' in between, naming me Adolf Lu Hitler, and that's why I am different," Hitler told The Associated Press from the small village of Mansingre, 200 kilometers west of Gauhati, the capital of the nearby state of Assam.
Hitler said his name has not stopped him from traveling the world, including to the United States and Germany.
"I never had problems obtaining a visa but I was asked many times during immigration as to why I should have such a name. I told the immigration staff I possibly didn't have a role in my naming," he said.
India played little role in World War II, and many Indians view Hitler not as the personification of evil but as a figure of fascination. Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" is prominently displayed at many Indian bookstores. The owner of a menswear shop named his store "Hitler," then expressed puzzlement last year after Israel complained.
Musfika Haq, a teacher in Meghalaya's capital, Shillong, said such names are common in the state.
"Parents obviously get fascinated by names of well-known or great leaders, but must be unaware that some of them, like Hitler, had been highly controversial," he said.
Most of us fill our conversations with a lot of filler. Whether it's "um's," "ah's," or "like," it's one of those things that makes our speech a little harder to follow. Productivity blog Lifehack recommends you keep track of that stammering to help get rid of them.
The occasional "um" is common, and we all do it to buy time while we think of something to say. You don't really need to fill that space with sound, and a couple seconds of silence while you think of something to say isn't going to hurt the conversation. A prolonged "um" might though. To get rid of it, Lifehack recommends tracking every time you say it:
One way of actively paying attention and correcting your habit, is by wearing an elastic band around your wrist during your leisure time. Whenever you catch yourself on saying "um", simply shift the elastic band to your other wrist. This practice trains your mind to notice your use of "um", and eventually omit it.
It's a pretty simple little trick, and it goes inline with previous tips like recording your speech, and taking your hands out of your pockets to increase confidence.
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Perhaps the most shocking sight at this year?s NFL Scouting Combine happened Thursday, and it had nothing to do with anyone?s 40-yard dash time.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid took the podium. Without a team-issued hat on his head. And he talked. And he cracked jokes. And he looked, for a moment, like a man refreshed.
Reid never did these interviews at the Combine when he ran the Eagles, so the simple glimpse of him stood as news. But he spoke at length about a number of Chiefs-related topics, tried to quell any Nick Foles speculation, and even drew a few laughs along the way.
?He?s not available,? Reid said when asked if he?d try to acquire the Eagles quarterback. ?You just had Howie (Roseman, the Eagles general manager) up here, so I think you know that. . . . Listen, Nick is the property of the Philadelphia Eagles, and I think they like him.?
Reid might like him too, but if he?s unable to put his hands to his former Eagles pick, he?s going to have to find one elsewhere. Like every coach, he talked about ?the process,? and ?evaluating? and didn?t offer much in the way of specifics.
While admitting this year?s class of draftable quarterbacks might not measure up to last year?s (?but I would tell you that there are some good players in there?), Reid also acknowledged the Chiefs might be open to trading the top pick in the draft.
?We?re just not going to give it away, so we?d have to see what people throw our way,? he said. ?It?s a pretty valuable pick I?d say.?
But the best, and most surprising line might have been when he was asked about his introduction to the AFC West.
?I?ll tell you it?s a pretty good division,? he said, setting up his punch line. ?The Broncos, I?m sure they?re probably looking for a quarterback, too. . . . He?s (Peyton Manning) a pretty good player. I think we know that.?
While it?s not exactly Henny Youngman, it was a peek of personality that Reid hadn?t shown at all in Indianapolis, and not terribly often during 14 years in Philadelphia.
Things won?t stay this relaxed for Reid in Kansas City forever (the reality that he inherited a 2-14 team and doesn?t have a quarterback will come crashing down soon enough), but for a day he looked like a man enjoying a new challenge.
And after a long stay in Philadelphia that included plenty of ups and downs of the personal and professional variety, it looked like one he needed.
BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. -- Officials said Thursday that the burned remains found in a California mountain cabin have been positively identified as fugitive former police officer Christopher Dorner.
Jodi Miller, a spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County sheriff-coroner, said the identification was made through Dorner's dental records.
Miller did not give a cause of death.
The search for Dorner began last week after authorities said he had launched a deadly revenge campaign against the Los Angeles Police Department for his firing, warning that he would bring "warfare" to LAPD officers and their families.
The manhunt brought police to Big Bear Lake, 80 miles east of Los Angeles, where they found Dorner's burned-out pickup truck abandoned. His footprints disappeared on frozen soil and hundreds of officers who searched the area and checked out each building failed to find him.
Five days later, but just a stone's throw from a command post authorities had set up in the massive manhunt, Karen and Jim Reynolds said they came face to face with Dorner inside their cabin-style condo.
The couple said Dorner bound them and put pillowcases on their heads. At one point, he explained that he had been there for days.
"He said `I don't have a problem with you, so I'm not going to hurt you,"' Jim Reynolds said. "I didn't believe him; I thought he was going to kill us."
Police have not commented on the Reynolds' account, but it renews questions about the thoroughness of a search for a man who authorities declared was armed and extremely dangerous as they hunted him across the Southwest and Mexico.
"They said they went door-to-door but then he's right there under their noses. Makes you wonder if the police even knew what they were doing," resident Shannon Schroepfer said. "He was probably sitting there laughing at them the whole time."
The notion of him holed up just across the street from the command post was shocking to many, but not totally surprising to some experts familiar with the complications of such a manhunt.
"Chilling. That's the only word I could use for that," said Ed Tatosian, a retired SWAT commander for the Sacramento Police Department. "It's not an unfathomable oversight. We're human. It happens. It's chilling (that) it does happen."
Law enforcement officers, who had gathered outside daily for briefings, were stunned by the revelation. One official later looking on Google Earth exclaimed that he'd parked right across the street from the Reynolds' cabin each day.
The Reynolds said Dorner was upstairs in the rental unit Tuesday when they arrived to ready it for vacationers. Dorner, who at the time was being sought for three killings, confronted the Reynolds with a drawn gun, "jumped out and hollered `stay calm,"' Jim Reynolds said during a Wednesday night news conference.
His wife screamed and ran downstairs but Dorner caught her, Reynolds said. The couple said they were taken to a bedroom where he ordered them to lie on a bed and then on the floor. Dorner bound their arms and legs with plastic ties, gagged them with towels and covered their heads with pillowcases.
"I really thought it could be the end," Karen Reynolds said.
The couple believes Dorner had been staying in the cabin at least since Feb. 8, the day after his burned truck was found nearby. Dorner told them he had been watching them by day from inside the cabin as they did work outside. The couple, who live nearby, only entered the unit Tuesday. "He said we are very hard workers," Karen Reynolds said.
After he fled in their purple Nissan Rogue, she managed to call 911 from a cellphone on the coffee table. Police said Dorner later killed a fourth person, a sheriff's deputy, during a standoff, and died inside the burning cabin where he took cover during a blazing shootout.
While authorities have not corroborated the couple's account, it matched early reports from law enforcement officials that a couple had been tied up and their car stolen by a man resembling Dorner. Property records showed the Reynolds as the condo's owners.
The San Bernardino County sheriff has refused to answer questions about how one of the largest manhunts in years could have missed him.
During the search, heavily armed deputies went door to door to search roughly 600 cabins for forced entry. Many of the cabins were boarded-up summer homes.
Authorities said officers looked for signs that someone had forcibly entered the buildings, or that heat was on inside in a cabin that otherwise looked uninhabited.
Helicopters had landed SWAT officers in a lot near the Reynolds' condo, and through the weekend they stood in plain view from the cabin, gearing up in helmets, bulletproof vests, with assault weapons at the ready.
According to the Reynolds, the cabin had cable TV, and a second-story view that would have allowed him to see choppers flying in and out.
Timothy Clemente, a retired FBI SWAT team leader who was part of the search for Atlanta Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph, said searchers had to work methodically. When there's a hot pursuit, they can run after a suspect into a building. But in a manhunt, the search has to slow down. "You can't just kick in every door," he said. Police have to have a reason to enter a building.
Officers would have been approaching each cabin, rock and tree with the prospect that Dorner was behind and waiting with a weapon that could penetrate bulletproof vests. In his manifesto posted online, Dorner, a former Navy reservist, said he had no fear of losing his life and would wage "unconventional and asymmetrical warfare" and warned officers "you will now live the life of the prey."
Even peering through windows can be difficult because officers have to remove a hand from their weapons to shade their eyes. Experts said it is likely officers may have used binoculars to help examine homes from a distance, especially when dealing with a man who had already killed three people, including a police officer.
In many cases, officers didn't even knock on the doors, according to searchers and residents.
"If Chris Dorner's on the other side of the door, what would the response be?" Clemente said. "A .50 caliber round or .223 round straight through that door."
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TWO mothers in the same street and with the same surname were diagnosed with breast cancer within a month of each other.
And Lauren and Marie Gray, who are both in their 30s and completely unrelated, recently finished chemotherapy just a month apart.
But, in a sign of the times, the women only found out about the remarkable coincidence through social media despite living about 50ft apart.
Mother-of-two Lauren, 36, was diagnosed with the disease in May last year after noticing a lump on her breast.
Marie, left, and Lauren live about 50ft apart but had never spoken to each other
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A month later, her neighbour in Morven Place, Dalgety Bay, mother-of-one Marie, 33, was given the same diagnosis.
Care worker Marie went on Facebook to look for support from someone going through a similar ordeal and stumbled across her neighbour who she had never spoken to.
Lauren ? who has been married to husband Gavin for eight years ? said: ?It was just completely out of the blue. The message from Marie basically said ?I?ve heard through the grapevine you have cancer and just thought I?d get in touch?.
?I couldn?t believe here was someone who was a similar age, who lived on the same street and had the same surname and we were going through such a similar cancer experience.
?We spoke to a Cancer Research UK worker who also said she?d never heard of anything like this before ? she said it was ?bizarre?.?
?We got chatting online and it turned out we lived right next to each other ? she?s door 22 and I?m 25 ? she?s right across the street but down a door.
?The moment that followed was a bit of a jump straight to the window to try and see each other kind of thing ? but we ended up going out and meeting in the street and chatted for a while.
?We?ve continued to stay in touch and I?d say we?re on the path to being life-long friends ? although now we?re back at work it?s a little harder as we?ve less free time.?
Lauren ? who works as an administrator for environmental contractor Briggs Marine ? finished her treatment just before Christmas after six months of chemotherapy and radiotherapy after surgery revealed she had seven lumps rather than one.
Lauren on her wedding day with husband Gavin
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Marie just finished her radiotherapy at the end of January after also undergoing chemotherapy and surgery.
Lauren noted other similarities include their eldest kids both go to Inverkeithing High School and they both received the 1.20pm slot for their radiotherapy treatment.
She added: ?She went for chemotherapy first but that switched for the radiotherapy when I went first ? we were like each others guinea pigs and gave the other helpful information on what happened.
?I really admired the way that Marie coped with the treatment and was able to get a lot of reassurance from the fact she?s gone through chemotherapy already.
?I was also glad to be able to support her as she went through surgery as I?d been through that already.?
Marie ? who lives with partner of 15 years Brian Riddick (33) and their 15-year-old daughter Jade ? said: ?I was really happy to find Lauren as I felt quite alone beforehand.
?The other folk I had met were all older so it was good to find someone almost the same age ? and then to find out she?s on the same street was just amazing.
?I had dealt with the Macmillan cancer support group before I found Lauren but I took it upon myself to track someone down ? then I heard about her through the grapevine.
Marie and partner Brian Riddick before breast cancer struck
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?I discovered we had mutual friends and just sent her the message.
?Going through cancer treatment hasn?t been pleasant and I?ve been grateful to the support of my family and friends for supporting me.
?I?m looking forward to getting my life back, being able to get back to work and socialise with my friends ? friends like Lauren.
?I would encourage other sufferers ? especially younger folk ? to get online, check the forums, check Facebook, and you never know you might find someone who can help you too.?
Marie and Lauren are now joining forces with Cancer Research UK to highlight the need for continual support.
Marie added: ?I am so grateful for the treatment that saved my life.
?However the treatment I received would not have been possible without the charity?s life-saving work which in turn relies on everyone who raises money.
?I finished chemo on the day that Stand Up To Cancer was on the television ? 19 October 2012 ? and was really moved by what was going on to end suffering by cancer.
?Now I want to do everything I can to urge people to fight back against the devastating disease.?
There were also no concerns about radioactive particles on Dalgety Bay beach being the cause of the cancer in the two women.
Lauren added: ?It was something I?ll admit I thought of but to be honest I don?t think it is the cause of it.
?I?ve only lived here for five years and I think there are other locals who?d be more susceptible to it IF it causes problems.
?Besides, I have a phobia of sand and never go on the beach ? not only that I was told my cancer was estrogen based where my body produced too much of the hormone.?
Cancer Research UK said it was ?wonderful? to hear of the support Lauren and Marie found in each other.
Scottish spokeswoman Linda Summerhayes said: ?Certainly in my experience with Cancer Research UK I haven?t come across this kind of situation before.
?It?s wonderful they?ve got together in this way and manage to help each other.?
Ms Summerhayes was asked if two people finding each other through Facebook showed a new modern approach to cancer support.
She said: ?Absolutely ? there?s a wealth of support systems out there and we argue anyone who feels they need them should check them out.?
Linda was also asked if the two Grays will feature in a new national awareness campaign given their unique story.
She replied: ?I can?t say for sure, but I know Lauren and Marie are keen on helping out any way they can.?
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Exxon Mobil Corp. and Russian partner Rosneft have signed an agreement that will give the U.S. company exploration access to an additional 234,000 square miles in the Russian Arctic.
A separate agreement will give Rosneft the opportunity to acquire a 25 percent interest in the Point Thompson unit on Alaska's North Slope.
The companies also said Wednesday they will study a potential liquid natural gas project in the Russian Far East.
The agreements were announced Wednesday on the website of Irving, Texas-based Exxon Mobil. Rosneft President Igor Sechin and Exxon Mobil Exploration Co. President Stephen Greenlee signed the agreements in Moscow in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The agreements will give Exxon exploration access to seven new blocks in the Chukchi Sea, Laptev Sea and Kara Sea.
"The agreements signed today bring the already unprecedented scale of the Rosneft and ExxonMobil partnership up to a completely new level," Sechin said in the announcement. "The acreage in the Russian Arctic subject to geological exploration and subsequent development increased nearly sixfold."
Participation in Point Thomson, Sechin said, would increase Rosneft's access to the latest gas and condensate field development technologies used in harsh conditions.
Point Thomson contains about 25 percent of the known gas resource base in Alaska's North Slope, the companies said.
The Point Thomson unit is 60 miles east of Prudhoe Bay and 22 miles east of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline. Alaska officials have said Point Thompson's importance transcends field development because it's the first project that will connect the trans-Alaska pipeline to eastern North Slope development.
Point Thomson is considered primarily a natural gas field and estimated to contain 8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, about 300 million barrels of gas condensate liquids, and traditional crude oil. Its development is considered critical to development of an Alaska natural gas pipeline.
The state of Alaska moved to terminate leases at Point Thomson after concluding that Exxon and other companies were not taking adequate steps to develop them. However, after litigation, the state last year reached a settlement that called for development of the field.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in October issued a permit allowing Exxon Mobil and PTE Pipeline LLC to fill 267.1 acres ? or about 0.4 square mile ? of North Slope waters and tundra wetlands to construct a drilling project.
The Exxon Mobil agreement with Rosneft on LNG development includes possible construction of a facility in the Russian Far East. The companies said they would form a working group that will study the viability of an LNG project.
ORLANDO, FL (February 14, 2013) ? The premiere timeshare resale and rental company in the nation has done it again by finding the easiest and most expeditious ways for timeshare owners and vacationers to plan their next vacation.
Two of the most common questions that Timeshares By Owner?s Marketing Specialists and their Sales and Rental Concierge Department Representatives encounter are, ?What are some of the special events that are coming up?? or ?What is available for this event?? Well, Timeshares By Owner has listened and would like to make planning that next vacation as stress free as possible.
Provided at their website -http://www.timesharesbyowner.com?? vacationers will find a comprehensive listing of all of the events coming up for the year including sporting and recreation events, complete with listings of accommodations they have available in their inventory with information about recently submitted offers, to inform vacationers of deals that are being acquired right now. Visitors will also find information about any given event.
Click on the ?About Us? section to visit the?Special Events Page?to locate the name and date and to learn special information about any particular event.
Wade McGregor, a Marketing Specialist at Timeshares By Owner?s Corporate Office in Orlando, Florida has been really pleased with the effect that the Special Events Schedule at?http://www.timesharesbyowner.com?has had on his ability to provide the best service to his clients. ?It?s important for owners and vacationers alike to understand, and see for themselves, the special events that we offer accommodations for. This new portion of the website assists us, as their Marketing Specialists, in helping owners new to the program to understand that somebody could rent their unit or their time for a major event. That?s one of the main reasons [Timeshares By Owner] is able to get [timeshare owners] a reasonable offer for these top tier accommodations.? Take a look at the Special Events Listing at?http://www.timesharesbyowner.com?to assist in planning that next vacation. Timeshares By Owner?s Sale and Rental Concierge Department is standing by to help excited vacationers get in contact with owners in their inventory at 888.707.TIME(8643).
Timeshare owners can call 866.313.TIME(8463) to take a part in the program that has reshaped the timeshare resale and rental industry. Marketing Specialists are ready and waiting to help rent out that timeshare property to anxious vacationers.
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Mark Zuckerberg's stake in Facebook has climbed to nearly 30 percent since the leading social network made its dismal stock market debut, according to a filing Wednesday with US regulators.
Zuckerberg owns 632.65 million Facebook shares as compared with the slightly more than 500 million he held in September when the stock's sagging price prompted a promise he would not sell any for at least a year.
Zuckerberg sold about 30 million shares when the Menlo Park, California-based social network made its stock market debut in May at an opening price of $38.
Shares slid to a low of $17.55 in September but have regained ground, trading at $28.04 at the close of trading on the Nasdaq exchange on Wednesday.
Securities and Exchange Commission filings show Zuckerberg has been building his stake Facebook, the potential of which he contends is underestimated by the market.
One SEC filing showed that Zuckerberg acquired 18 million Facebook shares in mid-December at a price of zero, indicating they were tied to his compensation as chief of the social network.
ATLANTA --?Sixty?years ago, 1 million men and women signed up for the first-ever Cancer Prevention Study. They filled out surveys every few years. And the information from those million Americans led to a dramatic discovery.
Doctor Alpa Patel with the American Cancer Society is the lead researcher on CPS3, the third generation of the cancer prevention studies.
"The first study was actually set up to specifically address the question of whether not smoking caused lung cancer, and it provided the first evidence that in fact smoking is what was the causal fact, causal factor with the increase rise in lung cancer death rates we were seeing in men at that time," she said.
It's something we take for granted -- if you smoke, you can get lung cancer. But that discovery was just one of 500 scientific publications to come out of the first and second generation cancer prevention studies.
Today, there's a 20% decline in the cancer mortality rate. Treatment is better. Early screenings save more lives.
But there remains much more we need to know, because cancer is still threatening and claiming the lives of the people we love most.
So, one initial blood sample, a survey every two years, and a commitment to keep at it. What's it worth? Everything.
In the two and a half years since?11Alive?did?a story at the AFLAC cancer center,?two of the children we profiled, 6-year-old Joshua Johnson and teenager Laura Stewart, died.
Your commitment can help us tell more stories of survival. Collectively, we have within us the answer to understanding and one day curing cancer.
What might Bills defensive coordinator Mike Pettine be looking for in a safety?
WR Brian Hartline and S Chris Clemons continue to look like the likeliest Dolphins free agents to return next season.
Patriots DT Vince Wilfork?s offseason training program made room for shoveling snow last weekend.
Taking a look at the Jets linebacking corps.
Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti has no problem leaving football matters to G.M. Ozzie Newsome.
Bengals special teams coach Darrin Simmons says there?s no blueprint for going from his job to head coach.
Former Browns coach Sam Rutigliano warns owner Jimmy Haslam not to lose touch with the team.
Should Steelers LB James Harrison stay or go?
Texans LB Brian Cushing will give some updates on his rehab in an interview with the team?s website on Tuesday.
Colts players hosted local students at a show about Jackie Robinson as part of Black History Month.
The Jaguars made some changes in?their front office and announced that Macky Weaver, nephew of former owner Wayne Weaver, will be leaving the team.
Titans QB Matt Hasselbeck is working with former NFL LB Isaiah?Kacyvenski to promote a product designed to help diagnosis head injuries.
Some people don?t get why the Broncos drafted QB Brock Osweiler last year.
The Chiefs added TE Kevin Brock?to their roster.
DT Richard Seymour?s contract voided, but the Raiders still have remnants of it on their cap.
Marty Schottenheimer?s new book spares no criticism of former Chargers G.M. A.J. Smith.
G Charlie Bryant and DT Nick Hayden are the newest additions to the Cowboys roster.
A look at the state of the Giants defensive line.
How is Eagles coach Chip Kelly handling being on the podium during his press conferences?
What is WR Santana Moss? future with the Redskins?
The Bears signed CB LeQuan Lewis, who spent time with the Buccaneers and Cowboys last season.
People are talking about the Lions making a run at signing RB Reggie Bush.
S Charles Woodson and LB A.J. Hawk loom large as the Packers set their strategy for the offseason.
A vote for the Vikings and WR Percy Harvin to part ways.
The Falcons waived DB/LB Matt Hansen, who injured his knee while with the team last offseason.
A letter from Charlotte?s mayor got the ball rolling on the deal that will provide money for the Panthers? desired stadium renovations.
S Rafael Bush was to be an exclusive rights free agent, but said he?s already re-signed with the Saints.
Should the Buccaneers keep CB Eric Wright for the 2013 season?
An explanation of why trading WR Larry Fitzgerald doesn?t make sense for the Cardinals.
The Rams have teamed with Washington University to promote heart-healthy nutrition and lifestyles.
The rhino named after 49ers T Alex Boone will be living in an enclosure named after the Ravens as part of the San Francisco Zoo?s Super Bowl bet with the Maryland Zoo.
Eric Williams of the Tacoma News Tribune wonders if the Seahawks and Vikings should be talking about a trade involving QB Matt Flynn and WR Percy Harvin.
Source: pjmedia.com --- Tuesday, February 12, 2013 California: Stoking The Next Big Financial Crash? ?The next financial market meltdown may already be brewing: not in the housing market, this time, but in municipal bonds. Greedy bankers, opportunistic politicians and hobbled regulators are putting a time bomb in the muni market that could set off another devastating crash. . . . This is irresponsibility on steroids, but it represents a dream come true for crony capitalists and Wall Street I-bankers. Fat fees, enormous interest, and the taxpayers won?t even know what hit them when the whopping bills come due.? ...
As a media owner, do you know how radically your advertising clients needs are changing ? and how far your sales team need to change their approach to be successful?
In order to move with the times, media sales people have a very different role to play than they did in the past. First they need to educate their client, then tailor their messages, whilst being assertive in pushing their solution within the client business.
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Today?s sales person should focus on helping the client visualise the opportunities they are missing and show them how they can capitalise with the right intervention. However, not all clients are ready for the sales person?s solutions immediately.? The role is therefore to educate clients about the best way to buy and requires a more strategic approach to managing objectives for each client intervention.
2)??????Creative Tailoring
As clients focus more on integrating their marketing campaigns, it is imperative that the sales person helps the client to link together their recommended solution. It should no longer be seen as a collection of separate products which the client can cherry pick. Understand the message that the client is trying to push and use this to explore campaign content and the story of why the campaign will work when seen as a whole. Use your own stories to link your solution into a process that is so simple and logical that the client will wonder why they didn?t think of it themselves.
3)??????Assertiveness
Clients feel safer by sticking with the status-quo rather than using something risky that they are unsure will work. It is the sales person?s role to be the expert in the market-place and to be assertive enough to challenge client thinking and offer fresh perspectives to alter their thinking. A strong relationship is still very important, but the relationship where all a sales person does is succumb to everything the client says, just isn?t working today.
A longer version of this article appears on the Specialist Media Show website.
Look around the garden, in the shed, around the house or workshop. You've probably got a bunch of wood that could be put to better use. DIYer Jimmy DiResta has a great design for a simple table that can be put together for a weekend project.
We're all about using things you already have lying around rather than spending a bunch of money. Some of that scrap wood is best suited to the fire, but there's a lot that can be done with the more solid pieces. All you need are a few basic tools and Jimmy has provided a video showing the entire process step by step.
It's a versatile design that can be tweaked to your liking or to cater for the size of wood you have. You could create a low-level coffee table for the front room, or something for the garden. Click through to Make to see how it's done.
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Most of us fill our conversations with a lot of filler. Whether it's "um's," "ah's," or "like," it's one of those things that makes our speech a little harder to follow. Productivity blog Lifehack recommends you keep track of that stammering to help get rid of them. 
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Mark Zuckerberg's stake in Facebook has climbed to nearly 30 percent since the leading social network made its dismal stock market debut, according to a filing Wednesday with US regulators.
Look around the garden, in the shed, around the house or workshop. You've probably got a bunch of wood that could be put to better use. DIYer Jimmy DiResta has a great design for a simple table that can be put together for a weekend project.