In Little Canada man's deputy videotape case, charges altered

Andrew Henderson's attorneys say they will seek to have charges dropped against their client. Henderson was charged after filming Ramsey County deputies making an arrest in the parking lot of his Little Canada apartment building. (Pioneer Press: John Doman)

The city of Little Canada has revised the charges against a man whose video camera was taken by a county sheriff's deputy, attorneys said after a hearing Wednesday, Jan. 30, in Ramsey County District Court in Maplewood.

Prosecutors dropped a charge of obstructing legal process against Andrew Joseph Henderson, who recorded an incident involving an injured man outside Henderson's apartment building.

In its place, they added a charge of interfering with or obstructing a member of an ambulance crew, a violation of state law that is rarely applied.

A charge of disorderly conduct was unchanged.

Henderson's attorney, John Lundquist, told Judge Salvador Rosas at the hearing that he would be filing a motion to dismiss the charges. A trial date was set for May 20.

Henderson, 28, was sitting on a bench outside his building's front door the night of Oct. 30 as a man with a bloodied face was patted down by deputies and loaded into an ambulance, he said. The bench is about 30 feet from the curb where the ambulance was parked.

In the revised complaint, prosecutors disputed portions of Henderson's account.

"(Henderson) videotaped the medical assessment from approximately three to five feet from (the victim) and (a paramedic)," the complaint said.

The injured man "became uncomfortable when he observed Henderson videotaping while he was being loaded into the ambulance and asked the paramedics to stop the individual from videotaping him," the complaint said.

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paramedic asked Henderson to put the camera away, but he refused, the complaint said. The paramedic had to stop attending to the man so that he could walk over to Deputy Jacqueline Muellner, who was writing a report in her squad car, and ask for her assistance, according to the complaint.

"Henderson engaged in offensive conduct tending reasonably to arouse alarm, anger, or resentment in (the victim) when he intentionally videotaped the medical assessment, knowing or having reasonable grounds to know that it alarmed or disturbed (the man)," the complaint said.

Muellner approached Henderson and took the camera out of his hands. "If I end up on YouTube, I'm gonna be upset," she said.

Henderson said he was within his rights to record the incident.

He eventually got the camera back, with no recording on it. He believes it was erased.

The revised complaint adds details from the state about what prompted the deputies' presence at the apartment building that night.

According to the new charges:

Ramsey County dispatchers received a call the night of the incident from a Wisconsin woman. She could not reach her brother and was worried about him, she said. He was an alcoholic, had recently been in a car accident, was arrested for drunken driving and had quit his job.

The man was identified only by his initials in the complaint.

Deputies went to the Little Canada apartment building in the 200 block of East County Road B2 and knocked on the man's door.

He answered, saying he was "into his second liter of vodka," the complaint said.

"(He) was void of emotion and had a bruised face, which he said was from his traffic accident," the complaint said. He agreed to go to the hospital. Deputies called an ambulance.

Lundquist, Henderson's attorney, is a private defense attorney with Fredrikson & Byron in Minneapolis who is providing his services free of charge, along with co-counsel Kevin Riach of the firm and Teresa Nelson of the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota.

The defense contends that Henderson had a legal right to be present in a public area and to record the surroundings, including law enforcement.

The firm of Kelly & Lemmons is prosecuting Henderson on behalf of the city of Little Canada.

Emily Gurnon can be reached at 651-228-5522. Follow her at twitter.com/emilygurnon.

Source: http://www.twincities.com/crime/ci_22481476/little-canada-mans-deputy-videotape-case-charges-altered?source=rss_viewed

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Video Games Quiz ! Comes to AppStore for Free - Capsule Computers

Think that when it comes to video games you know the most? ?Well, now you can put yourself to the test with the new FREE app from Undercoders. ?Video Games Quiz ! has more than 400 games that players will have to try and deduce from a picture, across 10 increasing difficulties. ?Sure the starting games will be no brainers, but keep going and the obscure games will start popping up to challenge your memory of games of past and present.

Complete them fast and you can earn a spot on the high scores or get stuck and ask for help from friends on Twitter or Facebook, though help costs Video Game Quiz coins that can be earned in-game. ?Check out the gallery below to get a glimpse of the different aspects of the game, watch the debut trailer embedded below that, and be sure to download Video Games Quiz ! for free from the iOS AppStore HERE.

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Internal Communication ? and lots of it ? Keys to Telecommuting ...

by Erin Lawley on January 29, 2013 |
in Networking, Uncategorized

After more than a year of working remotely,?I?ve?become a full believer in the benefits of telecommuting. The studies that say those of us logging hours from off-site locations are more productive and have higher morale and job satisfaction than when we were office dwellers ? they sound right to me.

But that?s not to say that anyone can just grab a laptop, ditch the office, and achieve employee nirvana. There are multiple potential pitfalls on both the employee (did someone say snooze button?) and the employer side of the telecommuting equation. For me, the key has been maintaining constant, open lines of communication with my colleagues at Lovell?s home office. ??

For any company or individual considering a remote-office situation, effective internal communication is absolutely essential to success. Specifically, I?d offer these tips:

• Discuss expectations. Without the ability to pop into an employee?s office once a day, or snag a few minutes of casual conversation in the lunch room, how?s a super visor to know whether their worker is actually working? Before beginning a telecommuting arrangement, the employer and employee must discuss their expectations for how the employee?s performance will be monitored and gauged. For my situation, Lovell?s system for tracking work hours is extremely effective. Based on the amount of time I log, it?s clear? to me, and my supervisors ? whether I?ve got a healthy workload.

• Pick up the phone.? I love email as much as the next person, but there?s no substitute for the real-time collaboration and problem-solving that can happen over the phone or via a video call (Skype is your friend). Dialing a coworker at the office lets me get the answers/insight/assistance I?m looking for quickly, and it helps me feel connected to what?s happening at Lovell Central. Especially on days where I?m working on solitary projects, a quick chat with a coworker helps me feel re-energized about my work. For those supervising remote employees, a quick phone call is a good way to check in on the status of any outstanding projects, convey information about a complicated or sensitive assignment, or just remind the remote worker that they are part of the team. Communication is a critical component of engagement, and in turn, productivity.

• Don?t be a stranger. While a phone or Skype call can give both the employer and employee a boosted feeling of connection and collaboration, face time is still important. I?ve found that spending a couple days in the office every couple of months is essential for team building and my ongoing skills development (because I work with some super smart people). In addition, there times when it?s essential that everyone is in the same room ? all-day meetings are one example, and holiday parties and retreats are another.

• Stay in the loop. When an employee can?t physically attend important staff or client meetings, they should join via phone or video conference. These meetings often cover a lot of ground that?s not easy to relay after the meeting has ended. For employers, be sure to notify your telecommuter(s) quickly of any news or announcements that happen outside of scheduled meetings ? and keep workers in the loop if folks are out of the office on sick or vacation time.

When in doubt, over communicate. Pick up the phone. Send the email. My sense is that telecommuting can be an extremely successful strategy for many individuals and companies, so long as they make communication a top priority.

What do you think? Have any telecommuting success or horror stories to share? Leave a comment below.

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Increasing severity of erectile dysfunction is a marker for increasing risk of cardiovascular disease and death

Jan. 29, 2013 ? A large study published in PLOS Medicine on January 29, 2013, shows that the risk of future cardiovascular disease and death increased with severity of erectile dysfunction in men both with and without a history of cardiovascular disease. While previous studies have shown an association between ED and CVD risk, this study finds that the severity of ED corresponds to the increased risk of CVD hospitalization and all-cause mortality.

The study authors, Emily Banks (from the Australian National University) and colleagues, analyzed data from the Australian prospective cohort 45 and Up Study. The authors examined the association between severity of self-reported ED and CVD hospitalization and mortality in 95,038 men aged 45 years and older, after adjusting for a number of potential confounding factors. The study included more than 65,000 men without known CVD at baseline and more than 29,000 men with known CVD. There were 7855 incident admissions for CVD during an average 2.2 years of follow-up ending in June 2010, and 2304 deaths during an average of 2.8 years of follow-up, ending in December 2010.

The authors found that, among men without known CVD, those with severe versus no ED had a relative 35% increase in risk of hospitalization for all CVDs, and a relative 93% increased risk of all-cause mortality. Among men with known CVD at baseline and severe ED, their increased risk of hospitalization for all CVDs combined was a relative 64% and for all-cause mortality, 137%.

The researchers say: "The findings of this study highlight the need to consider ED in relation to the risk of a wide range of CVDs." They also stress that it is unlikely that ED causes CVD; rather both are caused by similar underlying causes such as atherosclerosis. As a result, ED could serve as a useful marker to identify men who should undergo further testing to assess their risk for CVD.

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VMWare To Cut 900 Jobs As Outlook Disappoints, But Will Still Pursue M&A

VMWare plans to cut about 900 jobs, or 7 percent of its workforce, as part of a restructuring. The company also issued cautious 2013 forecast, due to a decline in U.S. federal government bookings and continuing concerns about the sluggish economy in Europe.

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Tesla Model S dubbed 'world's quickest production electronic vehicle' by NEDRA, runs 1/4 mile in 12 seconds

We already knew the Tesla Model S was fast, but not this fast. After dropping a 12.371 quarter mile this past weekend at the Palm Beach International Raceway in Florida (@ 110.84 MPH), the National Electric Drag Racing Association awarded the Tesla Model S its stamp of officiation for being "the quickest production vehicle" in quarter mile tests. That's not just on a single pass, mind you, but several quarter mile runs over the course of a day at the track. Each pass reaffirmed a 12-second average from the 416HP electric beast -- more than proficient for a 4,700-lb hulk of metal, and more than competitive against much lighter and more expensive beasts. And that's all without internal combustion, lest you forget -- the thing even gets 350 miles per charge. Drag Times attended the event and promises video in the coming days, but for now you can peep the quarter mile timeslips and read their rundown.

[Photo credit: Drag Times; Thanks Fred!]

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Adams Family Home Dedication | Evergreen Habitat for Humanity ...

- January 28, 2013

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As anyone who has bought a home?and lived in Clark County for any length of time knows, this is a great area to raise a family. Christi Adams certainly agrees. On Sunday, December 30th, 2012?at 1:00 pm, Christi and her two children Cheyenne and Brendon, found out what it was like? for the first time?to call a home their own. Christi told Habitat, ?I would love to allow my children to be children while they can be. I would love for them to be able to ride their bikes outside, play in a yard and enjoy where they live.? For Cheyenne and Brendon, that dream became a reality on that sunny Sunday afternoon.??Little Cheyenne and Brendon have watched over the last six months as their home went from being an empty lot to a beautiful 1200 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom home. With Thrivent Financial as the sponsor, and over 4,000 hours in volunteer labor, Christi, Cheyenne and Brendon, rang in the New Year in their long awaited home.? Evergreen Habitat?celebrated with Thrivent Financial,?the house sponsor, as keys were presented to the 25th Habitat?family.???

?Keeping her family under one consistent roof has been a struggle for Christi who at one point was homeless from losing a job five years ago. She dug deep, got back on her feet and continued to work hard to provide a safe affordable place for her family. Christi has put in close to 400 sweat equity hours not only on her home but on other Habitat homes as well. Owning her own home was a dream that seemed out of reach to Christi until the day she applied with Evergreen Habitat for Humanity. When asked what she was thankful for, Christi simply said this, ?Without Habitat, we would have no hope of owning a home. We?re fortunate to live in a place where this program exists. We?re grateful to everyone.?

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Drill reaches deep Antarctic lake

28 January 2013 Last updated at 06:12 ET By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent

An American attempt to bore down into Lake Whillans, a body of water buried almost 1km under the Antarctic ice, has achieved its aim.

Scientists reported on Sunday that sensors on their drill system had noted a change in pressure, indicating contact had been made with the lake.

A camera was then sent down to verify the breakthrough.

The Whillans project is one of a number of such ventures trying to investigate Antarctica's buried lakes.

In December, a British team abandoned its efforts to get into Lake Ellsworth after encountering technical difficulties.

The Russians have taken water samples from Lake Vostok, although they have yet to report any big discoveries.

Lake Whillans is sited in the west of Antarctica, on the southeastern edge of the Ross Sea.

It is less of a lake and more of a dense system of streams, almost like a delta, that covers some 60 square km. The liquid body is quite shallow - just a few metres in depth.

The Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (Wissard) team has been using a hot-water drill to melt a 30cm-diameter hole through the overlying ice.

Breakthrough to the lake surface was reported on the project's website.

The intention, now that the hole is secure, is to lower various sampling tools and sensors into the lake to study its properties and environment.

Some of the samples will be assessed onsite at the ice surface in temporary labs, and others will be returned to partner universities for more extensive analysis.

The Wissard blog said the thickness of the overlying ice was measured to be 801m, which agreed well with the estimates from seismic imaging.

More than 300 large bodies of water have now been identified under the White Continent.

They are kept liquid by geothermal heat and pressure, and are part of a vast and dynamic hydrological network at play under the ice sheet.

Some of the lakes are connected, and will exchange water. But some may be completely cut off, in which case their water could have been resident in one place for thousands of years, and that means they probably play host to microorganisms unknown to modern science.

The Whillans area is not as deep as either Vostok (4km) or Ellsworth (3km), and its water is exchanged frequently by the under-ice streams over months and years.

Indeed, satellite measurements have revealed the lake rapidly filling and draining. This was evident from measurements of the height of the overlying ice surface, which raised itself in response to an increase in water volume, and then slumped down as the water spread to a new location.

Scientists are keen to study Antarctica's subglacial hydrological systems because liquid water beneath the ice sheet will influence its movement (the ice above Lake Whillans is moving at about 300m per year). Modelling the sheet's long-term stability in a warming world has to take this into account.

These under-ice environments may also provide fascinating insights into the potential habitability of some moons in the Solar System.

Europa, a satellite of Jupiter, and Enceladus, which orbits Saturn, both have large volumes of liquid water buried beneath their icy crusts.

Astrobiologists think such moons are promising places to go look for extra-terrestrial microorganisms.

Dr David Pearce from the UK's Ellsworth team described the Whillans breakthrough as "exciting".

"I always viewed the projects as very complementary," the British Antarctic Survey researcher told BBC News.

"The Ellsworth project was very much in the Trans-Antarctic Mountains, at the highest point. Vostok was on the plateau region in the central East Antarctic, and the Whillans project was towards the coast in a delta region; and between the three projects, they would have given us a really good understanding of what's happening under the ice," he explained.

"We'll need to wait to see what they find [at Whillans], but it wouldn't surprise me if there were marine organisms or evidence of marine incursion. If Whillans is open to the marine system, it is open to incursion."

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Obama Slams Fox News, Rush Limbaugh - Business Insider

In a sit-down interview with?The New Republic released today, President Barack Obama cast blame on Fox News and Rush Limbaugh for shaping compromise as a "dirty word."

Obama talked about the recent deal to avert the fiscal cliff, saying he thought House Speaker "genuinely wanted" to come to a deal sooner but felt he was vulnerable to attack from the right.

Here's the relevant excerpt:

I think if you talk privately to Democrats and Republicans, particularly those who have been around for a while, they long for the days when they could socialize and introduce bipartisan legislation and feel productive. So I don't think the issue is whether or not there are people of goodwill in either party that want to get something done. I think what we really have to do is change some of the incentive structures so that people feel liberated to pursue some common ground.

One of the biggest factors is going to be how the media shapes debates. If a Republican member of Congress is not punished on Fox News or by Rush Limbaugh for working with a Democrat on a bill of common interest, then you'll see more of them doing it.

I think John Boehner genuinely wanted to get a deal done, but it was hard to do in part because his caucus is more conservative probably than most Republican leaders are, and partly because he is vulnerable to attack for compromising Republican principles and working with Obama.

Obama said the same thing happens with the far left ? but that "left-leaning media outlets" are more willing to accept compromise. In turn, that's why Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi are willing to compromise, Obama said.

Obama also criticized how the media in general shapes partisan gridlock in Washington as a two-party issue. He suggested that it's a handful of conservative Republicans preventing compromise:

[L]et me be clear. There's not a ? there's no equivalence there. In fact, that's one of the biggest problems we've got in how folks report about Washington right now, because I think journalists rightly value the appearance of impartiality and objectivity. And so the default position for reporting is to say, "A plague on both their houses." On almost every issue, it's, "Well, Democrats and Republicans can't agree"?as opposed to looking at why is it that they can't agree. Who exactly is preventing us from agreeing?

Read the whole interview at TNR >

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No-Nonsense Stress Relief (Part 1) | Stress Relief -- by Doc Orman

It has been more than 16 months now since this blog was first launched on September 12, 2011.?

During this time span, 216 posts have been created and published here, and this is now my 217^th entry.

I thought it might be worthwhile, at this point, to look back and review what value this blog offers to its readers.

Not Your Typical Stress Relief Blog

From the outset, I have strived to present fresh, new insights about stress that are not available on most other stress relief blogs.?? I have stayed absolutely true to the purpose I first announced in my second post (09/14/2011) which you can revisit by clicking the link below:

http://ormanstressrelief.com/purpose-of-this-stress-relief-blog/

In short, this blog has been?and will continue to be?based on a new and different way of thinking about stress as a uniquely human experience. If you look back at any of the 216 posts already published here, you will notice that they differ from most other self-help advice about stress in the following key ways:

• They DON?T try to offer you quick-fix tips or other simplistic to-do?s to help reduce your stress.
• They DON?T encourage you to exercise, meditate, adopt daily relaxation practices, or use any other traditional stress management techniques.
• ?Instead, they expose common myths and misconceptions about stress and help you to think about stress more correctly and much more powerfully.
• They also help you to understand why managing stress is not your best coping option.

It?s All About Causes

The primary reason why managing stress is not your best coping option is because, with only a few exceptions, most stress management strategies are aimed at helping you to control just the symptoms of your stressful problems in life?and that?s as far as they go.? The almost never help you recognize and then deal with the underlying causes of your day-to-day difficulties.

That?s why a stress relief blog such as this is so valuable?and so badly needed.

In many of the 216 previous posts, I have tried to shed light on some of the internal causes of stress in our lives.? Since these internal causes consist of faulty thought patterns and behavior patterns that exist within us, they are often hidden from our view when we attempt to understand what might be causing our stress to occur.

Mostly, we tend to focus on external causes, and this is rub.? This is why we tend to struggle with recurring types of stress in our lives when we actually have the power within us to eliminate most of them.

I?ll have more to say about this natural stress-reducing skill, which we all possess, in my nexxt two new posts for this week.? So please stay tuned.

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Getting Around Green: Consider A Motorcycle - Green Living Ideas ...

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Our vehicles emit a lot of pollutants that are damaging for the environment, and the extent of pollution depends upon the type of vehicle.Cars are our everyday vehicles, but when it comes to a combination of fun and efficiency a motorcycle is the way to go! If you think you can handle a bike then you should go for it and if you just want to be a little greener here are some benefits of this vehicle:

Green advantages of motorcycles

1.?They emit less carbon dioxide

Motorcycles consume less fuel than cars, which means their production of carbon dioxide is also less. As the importance given to fuel efficiency and carbon dioxide emissions increases with time, motorcycles provide a greener option. They also take less space on the road, reducing the congestion and overall automobile emissions.

2. Leaner manufacturing and lower embodied energy

Motorcycles require fewer infrastructures to be manufactured compared to cars. The embodied energy of a motorcycle, just from its much smaller mass, is much lower than a car, all else being equal. In addition, if you consider the contribution of building separate lanes for motorcycles and cars, there?s a huge difference in production of greenhouse gases. If separate lanes are constructed for motorcycles as we have roads for cars, they would emit four times less greenhouse gases to maintain and build.

3.?Consume less rare earths

Rare earths are being consumed at a fast pace, and the demand is increasing from different industries, including automotive. The average Prius is carrying around about 10 pounds of lanthanum as part of the battery. A motorcycle uses little to none in manufacturing because battery powered bikes are not widely produced and gas powered bikes are so efficient.

4.?Manufacturers are using catalytic converters

Motorcycle manufacturers have realized the role they have to play for attaining a greener environment and are putting catalytic converters in the vehicle, which does a great job at reducing the pollution emitted. They prevent harmful elements from the motorcycle?s exhaust from being released into the air, and converts nitrogen oxide into nitrogen and oxygen before the release.Although these converters does not operate at 100% reduction they are pretty close and factor that into the already low-emission engines of motorcycles and you have a very green ride.

5.?They?ve smaller engines

The engine of any vehicle is its more prized asset, and as motorcycles have a smaller engine than other vehicles, it uses less energy and fuel. Engine parts on motorcycles are designed to be incredibly efficient because there is no space for wasted parts. From the carburetor to the o-ring a motorcycle engine can be viewed as the pinnacle of individual transportation efficiency.

6. They are awesome!?

A main reason why people own motorcycles is because they are awesome! Not only are they incredibly fun, but its hard not to look cool on a motorcycle too! The future of motorcycles could become even more green thanks to solar technology on bikes! Right now you can get a super fun and efficient bike but imagine having a solar powered personal transportation vehicle, the future is bright!

Apart from all the environmental benefits of considering a motorcycle, there are other advantages as well. They are more affordable in terms of traveling while spending less on fuel. Even existing car owners can take advantage of a motorcycle, keeping their cars for when they need more space, but using the bike for getting around, which will lead to increased savings and fun.

Photo from damonabnormal on Flickr Creative Commons

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Your molar roots are leftovers from Homo erectus

TALK about exploring your roots. Longer lifespans mean our adult teeth erupt later than they did in our early ancestors, but the memo didn't make it to the roots of our molars. They develop at the same pace as they did in Homo erectus.

Christopher Dean and Tim Cole at University College London studied the microscopic structure of adult molars to reconstruct the pace of their development, much like tree rings can be used to build a picture of tree growth. They found that the roots of chimpanzee molars go through a growth spurt as the teeth erupt through the gum - probably to provide more stability for biting and chewing. The same thing happened in early hominins, but not in modern humans: by the time our molars arrive, their roots have been fully developed for at least a year.

Dean and Cole found an explanation in Homo erectus, a species who lived between 1.8 million and 300,000 years ago. H. erectus gained its molars at exactly the same age as our molar roots have their growth spurts. Or as Dean puts it: "Our roots are stuck in the past."

In humans, he says, root growth spurts are merely a hangover from an early stage of evolution. We retain molar roots like H. erectus because the growth spurts use too little energy for natural selection to weed them out (PLoS One, doi.org/j8w).

H. erectus had a bigger brain and smaller teeth than its ancestors. Some believe, controversially, that these features reflected big dietary changes, including eating the first cooked food, which would have been easier to chew while supplying more energy.

The new study may find favour with critics of the controversial "cooked food hypothesis". It shows that H. erectus still required an early molar root growth spurt - presumably to prepare its teeth for heavy-duty chewing.

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UN To Investigate Drone Strikes - Business Insider

The U.N. has launched an investigation into U.S., British, and Israeli airstrikes that allegedly resulted in the deaths of hundreds of civilians in Pakistan alone.

Brenda Goh of Reuters reports that the announcement came in London early Thursday and that the inquiry will focus on strikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and Pakistani territories. Mainly, the inquiry seems aimed at forcing Washington's hand to make strikes more transparent and provide a concrete operating procedure.

From Reuters:

"It is ... imperative that appropriate legal and operational structures are urgently put in place to regulate its use in a manner that complies with the requirements of international law," said?Ben Emmerson, the U.N. special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights.

It's imperative, Emmerson says, because drone technology?will not always be in the hands of a select few nations. In fact, 75 countries are in possession of or are developing drone technology.

Germany has recently decided, despite years of remaining militarily mute, it would use armed drones because it needs a?"'credible deterrence,' pointing to the Predator drones used by the United States as a possible model," according to Der Spiegel.

With the list of drone-capable countries growing, both in terms of domestic and also foreign military operations, an international blue-print for the legal basis would standardize strike procedures. The only way to make one, though, is if all the countries conducting strikes fess up to their tactics, techniques and procedures ? something military and intelligence folks of all nationalities are likely to protest.

Some organizations, like the American Civil Liberties Union, aren't taking no for an answer.

"To date, there has been an abysmal lack of transparency and no accountability for the U.S. government's ever-expanding targeted killing program," said Hina Shamsi, director of the ACLU.

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What will Michelle Obama do with 4 more years?

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Michelle Obama has a new look, both in person and online, and with the president's re-election, she has four more years as first lady, too.

That's got many people wondering: What will she do with them?

Take on a new cause? Travel more? Trace the path of another first lady and keep the Obama political brand alive by running for office?

The answers are to be determined.

The first lady is trying to figure out what comes next for this self-described "mom in chief" who also is a champion of healthier eating, an advocate for military families, a fitness buff and the best-selling author of a book about her White House garden.

For certain, she'll press ahead with her well-publicized efforts to reduce childhood obesity and rally the country around its service members.

"But beyond that, the first lady is exploring ways that she can make a real difference for Americans, not just for these next four years, but for years to come," said Kristina Schake, Mrs. Obama's communications director.

Here are five areas to watch.

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NEW ISSUES

Will she take on a new cause? It's possible.

When Parade magazine asked last year whether she'd take up any new issues, Mrs. Obama identified women's health issues. "How do we strengthen families and make them healthier, an issue not just in America but around the world," she said.

Her marquee causes ? the "Let's Move" campaign against childhood obesity and the "Joining Forces" effort to help military families ? took a back seat last fall as she campaigned doggedly for President Barack Obama's re-election.

Look for her to begin publicizing those efforts anew.

Do not expect to see Mrs. Obama push more contentious issues such as gun control or immigration, both second-term priorities for the president. Her public approval rating was 73 percent in a December poll by CNN and she'd like to keep it there.

Some feminists remain unhappy that the Ivy League-educated lawyer hasn't used her position to champion what they view as more substantive issues.

Robert Watson, an American studies professor at Lynn University, said he hopes Mrs. Obama will use her popularity to pivot away from the "velvet-glove" issues first ladies typically embrace and say, "I'm swinging for the fence."

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MALIA AND SASHA

Obama's daughters are older and will be in full teenage mode by the summer of 2014. Malia is already there at 14; sister Sasha is 11.

Both the president and first lady sometimes talk about the girls' busy lives and how they don't want to spend much time with their parents anymore.

Could having older, more independent children free Mrs. Obama to pursue other interests? Some first lady watchers say that's unlikely. After all, the teenage years are often full of angst about dating, proms, learning how to drive, going to college and so on.

"Michelle has made such a public statement about being the 'mom in chief' that it's hard to see her saying, 'Go ahead girls, here's the limo,'" Watson said.

Malia will graduate from high school during Obama's final year in office, in 2016, and probably trade the White House for a college dorm. She and her parents will have to navigate the college application process and campus tours. Sasha will be in high school.

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TRAVEL

Presidents and first ladies often step up the pace of international travel in the second term. But it seems unlikely that Obama could make such a pivot just yet, with the U.S. public still so concerned about the economy, unemployment and government spending.

One option would be to send Mrs. Obama abroad in his place.

The first lady is popular overseas and has been well-received outside the U.S., including in India, where she accompanied the president in 2010, and in Mexico, also in 2010, and in South Africa and Botswana in 2011, the only countries she has visited alone as first lady.

She and Vice President Joe Biden's wife, Jill, traveled together to Haiti after the massive earthquake there in January 2010.

Mrs. Obama also went to Spain in the summer of 2010 on a personal trip with friends and daughter Sasha, but her stay at a luxury resort on the Costa del Sol wasn't well-received back home, raising questions about the cost and wisdom of taking such a trip during tough economic times.

Laura Bush pursued a grueling foreign travel schedule during George W. Bush's second term. She visited 77 countries in eight years as first lady, including with the president, but 67 of those trips came during the second term, including solo stops in Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia, according to Anita McBride, her then-chief of staff who runs American University's first ladies program.

Hillary Rodham Clinton also traveled abroad extensively during Bill Clinton's second term.

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RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE

Will she or won't she? Despite Mrs. Obama's many denials of interest in seeking elected office herself, the question keeps getting asked. A recent survey found her to be more popular than Mark Kirk, the Republican senator from her home state of Illinois, in a hypothetical matchup.

"I have no interest in politics. Never have, never will," the first lady said last year on ABC's "The View."

But even those who at one time say "never" can later change their minds.

Hillary Clinton gave the same answer in 1995 when asked if she'd ever run for public office, says Myra Gutin, who studies first ladies at Rider University. But five years later, as her husband's presidency was ending, there was Clinton campaigning across New York for a Senate seat.

She won, used her time in the Senate as a springboard for her 2008 presidential campaign but lost the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama. She became his secretary of state but is departing soon amid feverish speculation that she will run for president in 2016.

Mrs. Obama will be young ? 53 years old ? when her husband leaves office in January 2017, and will have a range of options ahead of her. Friends say she has always believed there are ways to serve the country without running for office.

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PERSONAL STYLE

Look for the first lady to continue to be a fashion trendsetter. Everything from her hair to her clothes is scrutinized, with some clothing pieces selling out quickly after she's seen wearing them.

Her new bangs became the talk of this town immediately after she went public with them on her 49th birthday, a few days before the president began his second term. Even the president said his wife's haircut was "the most significant event" of inaugural weekend and gave his approval.

Mrs. Obama also won largely positive reviews for her inaugural wardrobe: Reed Krakoff and Thom Browne by day, and Michael Kors and Jason Wu by night. Wu designed her red chiffon and velvet ball gown. He also designed the white ball gown she wore four years ago.

She also has a new presence on Twitter ? (at)FLOTUS.

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Top senators reach deal to curb filibusters

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Senate's senior Democrat and Republican reached agreement Thursday to impose modest limits on the filibuster, the delaying tactics that minority parties have long used to kill legislation.

The deal would reduce ? but not eliminate ? the number of times opponents can use filibusters and also limit the time spent debating some bills and nominations. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., described the pact to rank-and-file lawmakers Thursday, and the Senate seemed likely to approve the restrictions later in the day.

The pact does not represent a dramatic reworking of Senate rules and leaves the minority party with far more power than it has in the House, where procedures allow a united majority party to muscle through its priorities.

But it would streamline some of the Senate's work and avoid what could have been prolonged, nasty battling between the two parties if Democrats ? frustrated by the GOP's growing reliance on the delays ? tried ramming through more decisive changes.

In an irony that underscores the Senate's complex rules, it was expected to take the chamber two votes to approve the changes.

The curbs on filibusters fall short of what Reid initially said he favored months ago. He wanted to completely ban the tactic's use when the Senate tries to begin debating a measure, and he threatened to use Democrats' strength in the Senate to enact that change and perhaps others by a simple majority vote.

That tactic is called the "nuclear option" because of the bitter partisan warfare it would likely trigger in the chamber, potentially halting almost any business the Senate tried to conduct.

Typically, rules changes take a two-thirds majority.

The restrictions also fall far short of what some of the Senate's newer Democrats were demanding.

Their proposals included requiring filibustering senators to actually debate on the chamber's floor, a practice immortalized in the film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" but seldom used in recent years. Instead, most filibusters in recent decades occur when a senator simply informs majority Democrats that they will need the votes of 60 of the 100 senators to end delaying tactics.

The No. 2 Senate Democratic leader, Richard Durbin of Illinois, said this week that Democrats lacked enough votes to force that proposal through the Senate.

Durbin said Thursday that the tentative deal was "great for the Senate," and said lawmakers who wanted tighter curbs would have to settle for less.

"That's how this world works," Durbin told reporters. "People start aspiring at very high levels, then you get a negotiation, then you reach something called compromise. And I think we are at that point."

Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said that while he and many other Republicans didn't believe the changes were needed, "This does this without doing irreparable damage to the Senate as an institution."

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., among a bipartisan group of eight senators who proposed changes similar to those embraced in the deal, said the agreement showed that cooperation across party lines remained possible.

Alluding to the partisan clashes that could have resulted if Democrats used the "nuclear option," McCain said, "It could have really had repercussions for a very long time here in the Senate."

Tight restraints on filibusters were championed by less-senior Democrats like Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Tom Udall, D-N.M. They are frustrated with the chamber's often glacial debates and the ability of the minority ? these days Republicans ? to kill bills with less than majority support.

"Are they everything I want? Of course not," Udall said in an interview. But he said the Senate is "moving in the right direction. With these changes, it will make this a more efficient institution."

In an email to supporters, Merkley called the agreement an improvement but also complained that senators delaying legislation would not have to appear on the Senate floor.

"If senators want to force more debate, they should make their case before the American people so the public can weigh in on whether the filibusterers are heroes or bums," Merkley wrote.

More veteran Democrats like Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan were reluctant to stifle the tactic, mindful that his party could find itself in the minority after any election and would want to be able to use the maneuvers.

The liberal group Common Cause, which has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the filibuster, criticized Reid for the agreement, saying the senator "has gone missing in the fight for filibuster reform."

Democrats say Republican use of the tactic has become almost routine and far too frequent. Republicans say they use it because Reid often blocks them from offering amendments.

As part of the agreement, filibusters could be avoided when the Senate tries beginning debate on a bill or nomination. In return, the majority leader would have to allow each party to offer at least two amendments ? addressing a major complaint of Republicans that their amendments are often shut out.

In addition, once the Senate votes to limit debate on certain nominations ? district court judges and administration posts below Cabinet level ? the debate would be limited to two hours, far below the 30 hours now allowed. The proposal was aimed at speeding the time spent on such nominations.

In addition, instead of three separate opportunities for opponents of a bill to wage filibusters to block a Senate vote allowing the chamber to try writing compromise legislation with the House, there would only be one such filibuster allowed.

According to the Senate Historian's Office, there were 73 "cloture" votes to end filibusters in the two-year Congress that ended earlier this month. There were 91 such votes in the Congress that served in the two previous years, and 112 in the two-year Congress before that. Republicans were the Senate minority party in each of those Congresses.

Those are the three highest number of cloture votes in any Congress since the Senate started allowing such votes to end filibusters nearly 100 years ago.

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Associated Press writers Jim Abrams, Stephen Ohlemacher, Andrew Taylor and David Espo contributed to this report.

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Y Combinator Backs Its First Non-Profit, Watsi; Paul Graham Says He?s ?Never Been So Excited? To Invest

Back in August, we wrote about the launch of a startup non-profit organization called Watsi, which offers anyone and everyone the opportunity to fund "low-cost, high impact treatment" for those who lack access to necessary care. Again, considering the fact that there are more than one billion people who are unable to afford adequate medical services (or don't have access to them), Watsi's mission has enormous (global) implications. And, honestly, it's a pleasure to see a startup tackling such a big problem, in spite of the fact that it's inherently complex, thorny and nearly impossible to solve.

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Employee Hiring Assessments: Pet Ownership History | The Cynical ...

Ken and I have been talking about getting a dog.

Okay, to clarify: We have been talking about getting a dog since 1998, but this time our conversation felt real because I am working from home as a full-time writer and he is working from home as a full-time unemployed guy.

If not now, when?

Plus it will make us feel better. A dog is a bonding experience. A dog is a distraction. A dog demands engagement and affection.

But then?Scrubby?got sick. And I booked a few more speaking gigs for 1Q2013. And Ken is really into his Xbox 360 and figuring his stuff out. Our little family is in the midst of change. I asked myself, ?Do I really need to bring a dog into this shit, right now??

That?s what makes us pretty good animal owners, by the way. We think about how our lives would impact a dog.

So let me ask you something:

What the hell is your problem?

I?ve been looking at all kinds of animals on Petfinder?and local animal rescue websites.?There are puppies who have been dumped on the streets. There are colonies of cats rescued from the forest. I found a litter of kittens thrown on the side of the highway. Hamsters left for dead in pet store parking lots. Abandoned house rabbits found in foreclosed homes.

And why do these animals suffer?

Because your life is jacked up and you can?t live up to your commitments.

Excuses. Tons of excuses. I don?t want to hear them. Yeah, the economy is bad. Yeah, kids get allergic. But you?re an adult. You are accountable.

Me? I think there must be a valid link between responsible pet ownership and a successful work experience. If I were a recruiter in 2013, I would ask about your animals before hiring you.

Yeah, that?s right. Animal questions that aren?t related to small talk.

1. If you adopted a dog or cat before understanding if your kids were allergic to animals and you returned that animal to the pound, you cannot have a job at my company. [Lack of strategic planning.]
2. If your animals are not spayed or neutered, you are also out. [Short-term thinking.?Selfishness.?Putting yourself before the greater good.]
3. If you have ever bred an animal for cash, you better run. [Asshole.]

I know that animals aren?t children, which makes your indifference and stupidity even worse. Kids can grow up and get therapy. When you make a mistake, animals are hurt or euthanized.

You might think this is ridiculous, but I want to judge you based on how you treat the least among us. How have you interacted with dogs, cats, hamsters, rabbits, iguanas, bunnies, rodents and fish? (Yes fish!)? Do you respect life? Do you protect animals from harm? Are your animals spayed/neutered?

Honoring your commitment to an animal is the least you can do in life. And if you can?t do the least amount of work that is required of you when you willingly adopt an animal, you cannot work for my company.

Source: http://thecynicalgirl.com/employee-hiring-assessments-pet-ownership-history/

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Super Bowl or super brrr? Big game coming to NY

NEW YORK (AP) ? Amy Freeze can talk football and forecasts.

So with the Super Bowl coming to New York next year, and with local temperatures stuck in the teens, the WABC-TV meteorologist was all set to look ahead.

"Football fans like a little winter weather," she offered on a windy Wednesday.

OK, but exactly how wintry?

Try this long-range reckoning for the matchup at MetLife Stadium, from the soon-to-be printed Farmers' Almanac: "An intense storm, heavy rain, snow and strong winds. This could seriously impact Super Bowl XLVIII."

Predicts editor Pete Geiger: "This is going to be one for the ages."

"Hey, it goes with the territory," he said by phone from Lewiston, Maine.

Way too early to say for sure what awaits fans and players in the first outdoor Super Bowl at a cold-weather site. It'll be held Feb. 2, 2014, at the building shared by the Giants and Jets in East Rutherford, N.J.

The record low for a Super Bowl kickoff is 39 degrees when Dallas beat Miami in January 1972 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. It will be a lot warmer back in the Big Easy when the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers tangle in less than two weeks. They'll be inside the Superdome.

The NFL was aware next year's Super Bowl could be a super brrr.

"Creating a plan for staging a Super Bowl in winter weather is not reinventing the wheel," NFL senior vice president for events Frank Supovitz said two years ago. "Super Bowls have often been played in cities that can experience winter storms, including Detroit, Minneapolis ..."

"Coordinated snow and ice removal plans for travel routes, major event facilities, the stadium campus, and parking have always been part of our planning protocol," he said then.

Remember, no city is immune to rugged weather. Even though Green Bay and Pittsburgh played inside Cowboys Stadium two years, snow and ice blanketed the lead-up events.

Besides, a blizzard isn't likely. The National Weather Service said the average high in nearby Newark, N.J., on Feb. 2 is 39.8 degrees and the low is 24.2. The average precipitation on that date going back to 1931 is about one-eighth of an inch.

The only significant precipitation during a Super Bowl came in February 2007 at Miami. Playing in a rainstorm, Indianapolis and Chicago committed four turnovers in the first quarter.

Expect ticket sales to be brisk next year, StubHub spokesman Glenn Lehrman said. Ticket prices are running about $3,100 for the Ravens-49ers game, and Lehrman predicted the 2014 Super Bowl would create the largest demand "we've ever had."

"I think people want to be part of a first-time experience. Whatever it is," he said.

Lehrman said because so many people live on the East Coast ? within driving distance of the stadium, not needing pricey hotel rooms ? cold weather wouldn't have a chilling effect.

It certainly had an effect in New York on Wednesday. The radio hosts on WFAN began their noontime show talking about the weather; at De Witt Clinton Park in Manhattan, the artificial turf fields often occupied by pickup football games were empty.

But for a chance to see a Super Bowl, fans might sit for a few hours in a raw setting.

"You can see in Lambeau Field how they endure the cold there. They sell out there all the time, and in the Giants' and Jets' stadium they do the same," New York Rangers captain Ryan Callahan said before Wednesday night's NHL game at Madison Square Garden against the Boston Bruins.

"For an event like that I don't think the cold weather is going to deter anybody," said Callahan, a native of Rochester, N.Y.

Peggy Beisel-McIlwaine agreed. Her grandfather was the Packers' first president and she recalled being in the stands for the famed Ice Bowl ? the 1967 NFL championship between Green Bay and Dallas when the game-time temperature at Lambeau Field was minus-13 degrees.

"I've got sitting in the cold weather down to a science," she said in an email. "Sitting at Lambeau in subzero weather is all about the clothes: Cashmere, fleece and down and, of course, Ugg boots."

Come next year, Freeze ("that's my real name," she added) said the wintry conditions might be a factor. She's seen that up close ? while working four years in Chicago, she was a team meteorologist for the Bears, consulting with coaches, special teams members and equipment personnel.

"I'm always for the home-field advantage," she said. "I think the weather will play into it."

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AP Sports Writer Ira Podell contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/super-bowl-super-brrr-big-game-coming-ny-000906686--nfl.html

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Chance finding reveals new control on blood vessels in developing brain

Jan. 24, 2013 ? Zhen Huang freely admits he was not interested in blood vessels four years ago when he was studying brain development in a fetal mouse.

Instead, he wanted to see how changing a particular gene in brain cells called glia would affect the growth of neurons.

The result was hemorrhage, caused by deteriorating veins and arteries, and it begged for explanation.

"It was a surprising finding," says Huang, an assistant professor of neuroscience and neurology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. "I was mainly interested in the neurological aspect, how the brain develops and wires itself to prepare for all the wonderful things it does."

But chance favors the prepared mind, as Louis Pasteur said, and Huang knew he needed to follow up on the suggestion that glia, normally considered "helpers" for the neurons, would affect the growth of blood vessels. For one thing, blood flow is a big deal in the brain, says Huang, whose collaborators included Shang Ma, in the graduate program in cellular and molecular biology at UW-Madison. "We know the brain is very energy-intensive. Per unit of volume, it consumes 10 times as much oxygen as the rest of the body."

Although it makes intuitive sense that blood vessel development should be guided by neuronal development in some fashion, Huang spent years making sure he wasn't being mislead by his experiment. Now, he's satisfied himself, and his scientific reviewers, and the journal PLOS Biology has just published his study.

Glial cells in the nervous system establish a nurturing environment for neurons but do not carry signals. In particular, Huang looked at "radial glial cells," which also act as stem cells in creating new neurons. Radial glia extend from the inside of the brain to the outside, and also guide growing neurons to their final locations.

A standard way to find out what cells and genes do is to "knock out" specific genes, using a technology invented at UW-Madison by former professor Oliver Smithies (who shared the 2010 Nobel Prize for this discovery).

When Huang grew mice with a "knock out" mutation that blocked cell division among the radial glia, he expected to see abnormalities in the embryonic brain. But the major abnormality was completely unexpected: blood vessels that had already formed had collapsed.

New blood vessels in an embryo generally develop via a two-step process, first growing, and then stabilizing. "If the second step cannot be carried out, the vessels may already be formed, but the organ still cannot get its blood supply because the vessel will regress, or collapse," Huang says.

When blood vessels collapse, neurons start to die, says Huang. Some brain diseases, including Alzheimer's and hemorrhagic stroke, show a similar regression, and Huang says it's possible that the signaling mechanism that he experimentally blocked may play a role in these diseases as well.

Although any clinical treatment is years away, Huang is still basking in the thrill of basic discovery.

"We find that these progenitor and helper cells, the radial glia, regulate blood vessel development, and nobody has found that before." Huang says. "We used a mouse with alterations in genetics that regulate activity in these helper cells in the brain, and were very surprised to see that this had a drastic effect on blood vessel development. Previously it was always thought that these were two separate systems, now we know there is crosstalk between them. It's almost like a new field has opened up."

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