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Biggest protests in 20 years sweep Brazil

By Todd Benson and Asher Levine

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday in a swelling wave of protest tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption.

The marches, organized mostly through snowballing social media campaigns, blocked streets and halted traffic in more than a half-dozen cities, including Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Brasilia, where demonstrators climbed onto the roof of Brazil's Congress building and then stormed it.

Monday's demonstrations were the latest in a flurry of protests in the past two weeks that have added to growing unease over Brazil's sluggish economy, high inflation and a spurt in violent crime.

While most of the protests unfolded as a festive display of dissent, some demonstrators in Rio threw rocks at police, set fire to a parked car and vandalized the state assembly building. Vandals also destroyed property in the southern city of Porto Alegre.

Around the country, protesters waved Brazilian flags, dancing and chanting slogans such as "The people have awakened" and "Pardon the inconvenience, Brazil is changing."

The epicenter of Monday's march shifted from Sao Paulo, where some 65,000 people took to the streets late in the afternoon, to Rio. There, as protesters gathered throughout the evening, crowds ballooned to 100,000 people, local police said. At least 20,000 more gathered in Belo Horizonte.

The demonstrations are the first time that Brazilians, since a recent decade of steady economic growth, are collectively questioning the status quo.

BIG EVENTS LOOM

The protests have gathered pace as Brazil is hosting the Confederation's Cup, a dry run for next year's World Cup soccer championship. The government hopes these events, along with the 2016 Summer Olympics, will showcase Brazil as an emerging power on the global stage.

Brazil also is gearing up to welcome more than 2 million visitors in July as Pope Francis makes his first foreign trip for a gathering of Catholic youth in Rio.

Contrasting the billions in taxpayer money spent on new stadiums with the shoddy state of Brazil's public services, protesters are using the Confederation's Cup as a counterpoint to amplify their concerns. The tournament got off to shaky start this weekend when police clashed with demonstrators outside stadiums at the opening matches in Brasilia and Rio.

"For many years the government has been feeding corruption. People are demonstrating against the system," said Graciela Ca?ador, a 28-year-old saleswoman protesting in Sao Paulo. "They spent billions of dollars building stadiums and nothing on education and health."

More protests are being organized for the coming days. It is unclear what specific response from authorities - such as a reduction in the hike of transport fares - would lead the loose collection of organizers across Brazil to consider stopping them.

For President Dilma Rousseff, the demonstrations come at a delicate time, as price increases and lackluster growth begin to loom over an expected run for re-election next year.

Polls show Rousseff still is widely popular, especially among poor and working-class voters, but her approval ratings began to slip in recent weeks for the first time since taking office in 2011. Rousseff was booed at Saturday's Confederations Cup opener as protesters gathered outside.

Through a spokeswoman, Rousseff called the protests "legitimate" and said peaceful demonstrations are "part of democracy." The president, a leftist guerrilla as a young woman, also said that it was "befitting of youth to protest."

WIDE ARRAY OF GRIEVANCES

Some were baffled by the protests in a country where unemployment remains near record lows, even after more than two years of tepid economic growth.

"What are they going to do - march every day?" asked Cristina, a 43-year-old cashier, who declined to give her surname, peeking out at the demonstration from behind the curtain of a closed Sao Paulo butcher shop. She said corruption and other age-old ills in Brazil are unlikely to change soon.

The marches began this month with an isolated protest in Sao Paulo against a small increase in bus and subway fares. The demonstrations initially drew the scorn of many middle-class Brazilians after protesters vandalized storefronts, subway stations and buses on one of the city's main avenues.

The movement quickly gained support and spread to other cities as police used heavy-handed tactics to quell the demonstrations. The biggest crackdown happened on Thursday in Sao Paulo when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas in clashes that injured more than 100 people, including 15 journalists, some of whom said they were deliberately targeted.

Other common grievances at Monday's marches included corruption and the inadequate and overcrowded public transportation networks that Brazilians cope with daily.

POLICE SHOW RESTRAINT

The harsh police reaction to last week's protests touched a nerve in Brazil, which endured two decades of political repression under a military dictatorship that ended in 1985. It also added to doubts about whether Brazil's police forces would be ready for next year's World Cup.

The uproar following last week's crackdown prompted Sao Paulo state Governor Geraldo Alckmin, who first described the protesters as "troublemakers" and "vandals," to order police to allow Monday's march to proceed and not to use rubber bullets.

The protests are shaping up as a major political challenge for Alckmin, a former presidential candidate, and Sao Paulo's new mayor, Fernando Haddad, a rising star in the left-leaning Workers' Party that has governed Brazil for the past decade. Haddad invited protest leaders to meet Tuesday morning, but has so far balked at talk of a bus fare reduction.

The resonance of the demonstrations underscores what economists say will be a challenge for Rousseff and other Brazilian leaders in the years ahead: providing public services to meet the demands of the growing middle class.

"Voters are likely to be increasingly disgruntled on a range of public services in a lower growth environment," Christopher Garman, a political analyst at the Eurasia Group, wrote in a report.

(Additional reporting by Esteban Israel and Eduardo Sim?es; Editing by Paulo Prada)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/biggest-protests-20-years-sweep-brazil-014743267.html

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GameStick delayed until August while waiting for user UI feedback

GameStick delayed until August while waiting for user UI feedback

GameStick first appeared around the the first of this year, promising its Kickstarter supporters an Android gaming console that looks more Roku Streaming Stick than OUYA. Since then, GameStick has gathered its cash and started shipping out dev units, but its commercial release has already been delayed once, and today the project got pushed back another month. That means that GameSticks won't start shipping until early August.

The reason for the delay is that the device's UI remains a work in progress and the team hasn't yet given backers who pledged $300 or more the chance to provide feedback. It's not all bad news, however, as the folks behind GameStick have confirmed that manufacturing tooling is complete, and the first Kickstarter controller has rolled off the line. Not only that, but you can see shots of the final versions of the GameSick itself and its controller's charging dock at the source link below.

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NSA chief: Snooping helped thwart 50 terrorist attacks in 20 countries

NSA Director Keith Alexander, responding to critics, tells Congress that surveillance programs disrupted plots to bomb the New York Stock Exchange and subway system.

By Peter Grier,?Staff writer / June 18, 2013

Gen. Keith B. Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, testifies before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. From right to left are Deputy Director of the FBI Sean Joyce, General Alexander, Chris Inglis, deputy director of the National Security Agency, and Deputy Attorney General James Cole.

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NSA-gathered intelligence also led American law enforcement to David Headley, a US citizen involved in a plan to bomb the office of a Danish newspaper that had published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed in 2006, and to an individual in San Diego who was providing financial support to Somali-based terrorists, said FBI Deputy Director Sean Joyce.

Overall, the two NSA programs detailed in leaks from ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden have been part of stopping 50 planned terror attacks in 20 countries, NSA Director Keith Alexander told lawmakers.

?These programs are immensely valuable,? said Mr. Alexander.

The House hearing was a generally friendly environment for US security officials and appeared to have been arranged to allow the executive branch a chance to reveal a bit more information in response to the Snowden leaks.

One of the NSA programs in question allows the agency to collect the metadata of US phone calls ? numbers called and the duration of calls, the sort of information contained in phone bills. This metadata does not contain an individual?s identity, or the location from which calls were made, said Deputy US Attorney General James Cole.

?We don?t get any content,? said Mr. Cole. ?This is under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which has been reauthorized twice by Congress."

This collection only occurs pursuant to court orders. Officials need a further individualized, court-approved warrant to look at the data of a particular person. Its use is subject to extensive internal audits, including an annual inspector general report, and is described to Congress, said US officials.

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Snowflake the Albino Gorilla Was Inbred, Study Finds

A famous albino gorilla that lived for 40 years at the Barcelona Zoo got its white coloring by way of inbreeding, new research shows.

Snowflake was a male Western lowland gorilla. He was born in the wild and captured in 1966 by villagers in Equatorial Guinea. As the only known white gorilla in the world, Snowflake was a zoo celebrity until his death of skin cancer in 2003.

A few studies had attempted to get to the bottom of what caused Snowflake's color-free complexion, but the exact genetic mutation had never been found. Now, Spanish researchers have sequenced the gorilla's entire genome, revealing that Snowflake was probably the offspring of a pairing between an uncle and a niece. [Photos: Snowflake the Albino Gorilla]

Explaining albinism

In humans, four genetic mutations are known to cause albinism, a syndrome marked by a lack of skin, eye and hair pigment. People with albinism are at high risk for vision problems and skin cancers because of this missing pigment. [Album: Amazing Albino Animals]

Using frozen blood from Snowflake, researchers led by Tomas Marques-Bonet of the Institut de Biologia Evolutiva at the University of Pompeu Fabra sequenced the entire genome of the late ape. Comparing that sequence with those of humans and nonalbino gorillas, Marques-Bonet and his colleagues narrowed down the cause of Snowflake's albinism to a single gene, known as SLC45A2. Snowflake inherited a mutant form of this gene from both of his parents.

The gene has previously been linked to albinism in mice, horses, chickens and a species of fish.?

Next, the researchers combed through Snowflake's genome looking for stretches of DNA that were identical due to inbreeding. They found that 12 percent of the genes from Snowflake's mom and pop matched, a number that points to an uncle and niece mating as the most likely parentage for Snowflake.

Inbreeding threat?

No one else has reported inbreeding in Western lowland gorillas, Marques-Bonet told LiveScience, though some other gorilla subspecies with small populations have been known to turn to family to mate. And with habitat loss, gorillas may struggle to find a place to disperse from their original family.

"If we are reducing much more the space that they have now, it is more likely that they will be forced to stay in the group and that will increase the consanguinity," or shared blood, Marques-Bonet said.??

The sequencing of Snowflake's genome is just one portion of a larger project to sequence the genomes of wild-born chimpanzees and gorillas, Marques-Bonet said. The ultimate goal is to understand how much genetic variation is in the wild ape population, and how that compares with the variation seen in humans.

The researchers reported their findings May 31 in the journal BMC Genomics.

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

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When Dealing With Electrical Repairs It Is Important To Hire A ...

You can find an unlimited number of resources to use when it comes to home improvement projects. A wealth of information can be found in a wide variety of media formats. This article will give you some wonderful advice on how you can do your renovations the correct way.

Fans are a must in the hot summer months. Ceiling fans help circulate air, which will help in cooling the room. If you use a combination of ceiling fans and room fans in place of an air conditioner, you can cut down on both your energy usage and your electric bill.

Don?t make foolish improvements. Examples of nonsensical improvements include non-insulated sun rooms in Michigan, and uncovered decks in Arizona; basically anything that causes potential buyers to think about whether you have made other odd choices while maintaining the house. Be sure you stick with the improvements that are actually wanted and don?t overdo it. Keep the actual climate in mind.

If you want to redo your floor in an inexpensive way, think about vinyl. It lasts for a long time, won?t be affected by water and you can put it in yourself. To meet your individual needs, you can conveniently purchase vinyl flooring in large sheets or as individual tiles.

When you tackle your improvement project, be careful to not demolish too quickly. Closely examine the area behind cabinet or wall before demolishing it. If there is electrical wiring there, it can be a costly mistake to fix.

When these tips are followed, you will better understand what is required to do a good job with home projects. It is important to understand how to put the available information to work for you. By having this information at hand, you will be able to transform your home to the home you have always dreamed of.

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Factbox: Main targets and steps in Japan's growth strategy

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's cabinet rubber-stamped a set of measures on Friday to boost economic growth that so far have failed to impress markets and made Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promise to take more steps after next month's upper house elections.

The following are main targets and steps in the growth program.

PRIVATE SECTOR/INVESTMENT

- Adopt bold tax breaks to boost corporations' capital spending

- Focus on boosting domestic private investment over the next three years, and target for private-sector investment of 70 trillion yen annually, the level before the 2008 financial crisis and up about 10 percent from current levels.

- Set up special economic zones to attract foreign businesses. Implement reforms in regulations and tax systems and take necessary action in the zones to create an international business environment.

- Aim to boost the total value of infrastructure projects that involve private finance initiatives (PFIs) and public-private partnership (PPP) by 3 times to 12 trillion yen ($127.35 billion) over the next 10 years through measures such as selling of rights to operate airports and expressways.

- Promote business start-ups and consider steps to boost investment in them.

- Pledge to minimize investment of government funds in firms to avoid bailouts of "zombie" companies that are failing.

INCOME

- Targets annual gains of 3 percent or more in gross national income per capita, which would be an increase of 1.5 million yen ($15,000) over 10 years from around 3.84 million yen in 2012.

FREE TRADE

- Double the balance of inward foreign direct investment to 35 trillion yen by 2020.

- Hit a target of 70 percent of exports covered by free trade deals by 2018, compared with around 19 percent, by pushing the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Economic Partnership (TPP) and other trade deals with the European Union, China and South Korea, and aim to create an Asia-Pacific free trade area.

- Triple infrastructure exports to 30 trillion yen by 2020.

PUBLIC FUNDS

- To seek experts' views on whether public pensions and other public funds should seek higher returns by raising their investment in equities, and aim to reach a conclusion by autumn.

"COOL JAPAN"

- Triple overseas sales of "Cool Japan" content such as anime in five years.

- Aim to boost the number of foreign visitors to Japan to 10 million a year in 2013 from about 8 million now, and to 30 million in 2030.

LABOUR

- Promote the smooth shift of workers to growth sectors from mature business areas without creating unemployment.

- Review criteria for approval of permanent residency such as to shorten the duration of stay in Japan required to three years from five years to encourage high-skilled foreigners to keep working in the country.

AGRICULTURE

- Double farm, fisheries and marine exports to 1 trillion yen by 2020.

- Reduce rice production cost by an average of 40 percent in next 10 years.

- Boost exports of Japanese food including farm products, traditional cuisine and sweets to around 1 trillion yen by 2020 from about 450 billion yen.

WOMEN

- Set a goal of reducing the waiting list at day care centers to zero by 2017 to make it easier for women to work and raise children.

- Promote extending periods of childcare leave to last up to three years.

- Increase the employment rate of females aged 25 to 44 to 73 percent by 2020 from 68 percent.

HEALTH CARE

- Create a system similar to the National Institutes of Health in the United States to develop cutting-edge medical technologies.

- Submit legislation to revise the pharmaceutical law to shorten examination periods.

- Implement bold regulatory easing to speed up the examination process of medical technologies by allowing certification by third party private institutions, except for risky technologies such as cardiac pacemakers.

- Allow the sale over the Internet of most over-the-counter drugs as part of efforts to mobilize the Internet for growth.

ENERGY

- Boost power-related investment one and a half times to 30 trillion yen over the next decade.

- Speed up environmental assessments of low-cost coal and liquefied natural gas-fired power plants.

- Complete reforms to electricity system by 2020.

- Restart nuclear power reactors after safety clearance from the Nuclear Regulation Authority. ($1 = 94.2250 Japanese yen)

(Reporting by Kaori Kaneko; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/factbox-main-targets-steps-japans-growth-strategy-042944083.html

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MTV networks going back to roots for July Fourth

NEW YORK (AP) ? MTV, VH1 and CMT are going back to their roots on the Fourth of July.

The networks said Wednesday they will throw a "Music Independence Day" party that day, showing videos and giving exposure to artists at a time it can be hard for them to break through to a larger audience.

Each of the networks began their lives as music video channels but shifted to other, more lucrative programming through the years. Music programming is limited now ? a wee hours dance party on MTV, the "Jump Start" morning show on VH1, a weekend Hot 20 on the country-oriented CMT. Much of their music content now is concentrated online or on digital channels like VH1 Classic.

"This harkens back to the core of these music brands," said Van Toffler, head of the Viacom Networks.

MTV on July Fourth will have hours devoted to particular music genres, highlighting artists like Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. VH1 will show videos and performances from the likes of Alicia Keys, Pink and Maroon 5, and telecast a live concert that night from Philadelphia featuring the Roots and John Mayer. CMT will offer a "barbecue playlist" of artists like the Avett Brothers, Carrie Underwood and Luke Bryan.

The networks are also offering emerging bands a chance to set up their own online pages on the Artist Platform and compete to have their videos shown on TV. Even if they don't make it on the air, it's good exposure and provides a gathering place for fans, Toffler said.

If a bluegrass band earns enough to buy a new tour bus or a rap act purchases new equipment because of the exposure, then Toffler said he will consider it a success.

At a time it can be confusing for fans to seek out new music, the special event emphasizes the networks' ability to curate material for fans, he said.

"In part it is to remind people what an immersive experience we can provide so people can hear the music and the artists and the stories behind the artists," he said.

There's not much for the networks to lose from such an event. The first week of July is traditionally the lightest week of the year for television watching, primarily because so many people are outside or doing other things. The networks will offer themselves up as soundtracks for Fourth of July parties.

"It is a celebration and we hope we can do it more often," Toffler said.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/mtv-networks-going-back-roots-july-fourth-120904369.html

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Director / Senior Director- Performance Improvement - IT Advisory ...

As Performance Improvement Executive Director - IT Advisory, you'll display a very high level of competency in business development and/or technical knowledge, as well as a good understanding of internal operations. You'll also have strong client delivery and engagement management experience. As a trusted advisor, you'll identify and develop client and market growth opportunities and use your key subject matter knowledge to develop thought leadership for clients.

Drawing on your knowledge and experience, you'll facilitate resolution of conflicts and politically sensitive issues internally and with client teams. As a valued leader, you'll create and direct high-performing teams across Ernst & Young, improve learning opportunities for others and create and deliver cross-practice team learning events. As a role model for quality & risk management, you'll confirm that all client work is delivered to a high standard of quality in accordance with Ernst & Young's Q&RM guidelines.

Client responsibilities

? Lead IT Advisory Services engagements

? Plan, prepare and review deliverables in various forms including written reports, presentations and discussions with clients, Ernst & Young teams and other parties

? Communicate significant issues, fees, and estimates-to-complete to clients

? Leverage client relationships to drive new business opportunities

? Understand Ernst & Young's full service offerings and actively identify opportunities to better serve clients

? Build strong internal relationships within Ernst & Young Advisory Services and with other services across the organization

? Develop your personal profile in the marketplace

? Develop awareness of Ernst & Young's offerings in the marketplace

? Build strong, long-term relationships with key client sponsors

? Manage risk of delivery on client engagements

? Manage all financial aspects of client engagements

? Act as an ambassador for Ernst & Young in the market and with clients

People responsibilities

? Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching, and mentoring all levels of staff

? Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for all levels of staff

? Drive people-related initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training IT Advisory Services professionals

? Maintain an educational program to continually develop personal skills of all levels of staff

? Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures and communicate these to all levels of staff

? Act as a leader of the business and as a role model for staff

Technical skills requirements

You'll have knowledge and experience of a number of the following areas:

? Solution architecture (including data, enterprise and technical)

? Technology sourcing for transformation

? Systems delivery, support and advice

? Systems integration, support and advice

? IT service management and delivery

? IT program assurance

? Strategic supplier management

? IT process effectiveness and value

? IT governance and management

? Business architecture and IT strategy

? ERP implementation experience

? Relevant major packaged enabled enterprise transformation programs (ERP, SCM, CRM, business intelligence)

? Relevant major software packages (SAP, Oracle, Siebel, Peoplesoft, Hyperion, a.s.o)

You'll have knowledge and experience in one or more of Ernst & Young's priority industry sectors:

? Government & Public Sector

? Utilities

? Consumer Products

? Industrial Products

? Technology

? Communications & Entertainment

? Healthcare

Specialised skills - Mandatory

? 20 years of experiences in program/project management and ERP implementation

? Technofuctional

? GPS work experience

? Oracle implementation project life cycles

? Sound knowledge of the Oracle EBS application

? English native speaker

? PgMP certified

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Fresh Sex Scandal Rocks Australian Military

The Australian military is embroiled in another sex scandal with 17 personnel, including officers, under investigation.

Army chief, Lieutenant-General David Morrison, said he was appalled at the revelations of "explicit and repugnant" emails and images demeaning women.

The latest discovery follows a government report last year detailing more than 1,000 claims of sexual or other abuse in the forces from the 1950s to the present day.

That report was sparked by the so-called Skype scandal in 2011, when footage of a young male recruit having sex with a female classmate was streamed online to cadets in another room without her knowledge.

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General Morrison has apologised to some of the women involved

"I'd say it's worse than the Skype matter," General Morrison told a news conference, indicating the seniority of the staff involved - the highest-ranking officer was a lieutenant-colonel, with the remainder either majors, captains, warrant officers, sergeants or corporals.

"I view the allegations that are being made in the gravest light."

The discovery involved the alleged production and distribution of "highly inappropriate" material across both defence computer systems and the public internet over the last three years. Illegal drug use may also be involved.

Three people have been suspended so far and may face police charges, he said. Another five could be suspended and nine more are under investigation.

A further 90 Australian Defence Force personnel are implicated in the email chain, the general added.

General Morrison declined to go into details of exactly what the material contained, but said: "The matters both textural and imagery are demeaning, explicit and profane".

He said he had spoken to some of the women involved and apologised.

"This goes to the heart of what I've said about systematic problems with culture inside the army and it in turn shapes the army and it in turn shapes the approach that I'm taking with regard to how we deal with this," the army chief added.

Source: http://news.sky.com/story/1103072

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Algerian president gets rehabilitation after stroke: state media

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is recovering with the help of physical rehabilitation in France more than a month after he was rushed to hospital there suffering from a stroke, the presidency said on Tuesday.

Bouteflika has been neither heard nor seen in public since he was taken in for treatment in Paris on April 27, raising widespread speculation about his state of health.

"His doctors recommended he undergo a period of care and functional rehabilitation to boost the favorable development of his health at the Institution Nationale des Invalides," read the statement carried on state news agency APS.

Bouteflika, who has ruled over the North African oil and gas producer for more than a decade, had an "ischemic", or mini-stroke, which has not affected his vital functions, the report said, repeating the diagnosis at the time of his transfer to France.

Algeria has been run with Soviet-style secrecy for decades by an elite drawn largely from men who fought in the war of independence against France from 1954 to 1962.

Bouteflika, who first became president in 1999, is among the last of that generation, who retain a tradition of secrecy dating back to their fear of betrayal during their time as insurgents.

Algeria is due to hold a presidential election in April 2014 and were Bouteflika to disappear from the political scene before that, authorities would have to scramble to find an alternative candidate and the constitutional means of running the country until then.

U.S. diplomatic cables leaked in 2011 said Bouteflika had been suffering from cancer but it was in remission.

A transient ischemic attack is a temporary blockage in a blood vessel to the brain. it typically lasts for less than five minutes and "usually causes no permanent injury to the brain", the American Stroke Association says on its website.

(Reporting by Hamid Ould Ahmed; Writing by Andrew Heavens; Editing by Michael Roddy)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/algerian-president-gets-rehabilitation-stroke-state-media-185223984.html

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From 20 To 40: Do Intimate Relationships Get Deeper With Age ...

From 20 To 40: Do Intimate Relationships Get Deeper With Age?
You may be surprised how much your relationship will transform as you get older.

The 20s and 30s are the "impressionable years." True intimacy often happens later...

Are you someone who turns the lights down or off to have sex??

Tragically, this is all too common. A couple starts off with a good conversation. They feel comfortable. There's a physical attraction, and the next thing you know the lights are off, they're fumbling to remove their clothes, and then excitedly exploring each others' bodies?in the dark.

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The last part doesn't sound so bad if you like exploring while blindfolded. But as a metaphor for intimacy, searching for a deep connection in the dark is a recipe for short-term, and certainly long-term, disaster.

Why? Because instead of turning the lights down, we need illumination. Intimacy is about seeing truth, and being vulnerable and willing to express our needs and desires openly together. There are different levels of emotional and sexual intimacy, and a host of reasons for why we need both types. Intimacy does not come naturally, which is one of the main reasons why many men and women in their 20s and 30s struggle and fail in their relationships.

20-30's: The Impressionable Years

A National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) study found that peoples' brains are not fully mature until they reach age 25. Between the ages of 15 to 20 our prefrontal cortex continues to mature. This is the part of our brain that allows us to create long-term strategies, anticipate the future consequences of our decisions, control impulses, and compare risk and reward. We ask important questions about where we're heading in life.

Between 20 and 25 our brains are still forming. We're highly impressionable. Fantasies and other peoples' beliefs have a major impact on our decision-making, focus, and direction. Our idea of intimacy and knowledge of sexual fulfillment is borrowed from religious doctrines, movies, books, games, the Internet, family, and friends.

Between 26 and 30, we may have discovered that our years of education didn't land us the job of our dreams, and we are now reexamining what we want to do when we "grow up." The deeper question of "Who am I?" is tabled in favor of financial independence from family and financial obligations. By now most of us have had one or two serious attempts at relationships.

Psychologists have established five levels of intimacy that a couple needs to progress through together. Most 26-to-30-year-olds get to level two?or maybe three. At these levels, we are moving away from other peoples' opinions and beliefs to come to know our own. Instead of saying things like, "I read that good foreplay must have?" we begin to express our own beliefs about love, sex, and more.?

The most dramatic shift that happens is we move away from a high sensitivity to criticism and rejection to a place where we are more willing to be vulnerable. But we still reserve the ability to change our opinion in an instant to avoid pain or conflict. Many of us end relationships abruptly, moving on to the next without a lot of self-examination. Wisdom around emotional intimacy comes slowly. Keep reading...

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Happy 80th birthday, Gene Wilder!

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Gene Wilder in "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" in 1971.

With his wild, curly hair and wide blue eyes, Gene Wilder can't help but leave an indelible impression. And the comedian, who turns 80 today, has been so vibrant in his various roles -- on stage and screen, as a writer, director and singer -- that it's easy to forget that he hasn't appeared in a TV show or film for over 10 years. Yet his characters and movies -- as well as personal life struggles -- remain some of the industry's most unforgettable.

Born Jerome Silberman, Wilder was in his 30s by the time he broke through, thanks to some classic pairings: First in Mel Brooks-written comedies "The Producers" (1968) "Blazing Saddles" (1974) and "Young Frankenstein" (1974), then as half of a yin-yang comedy duo with Richard Pryor in films like "Silver Streak" (1976) and "Stir Crazy" (1980).

Yet one of his most beloved characters -- the creation of the warm-hearted but slightly mad Willy Wonka in 1971's "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory" is still considered one of his most iconic. (And even today inspires ongoing debate about who made the most wonderful Wonka -- Wilder or Johnny Depp.)

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Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in "Stir Crazy."

But Wilder's real-life relationship with "Saturday Night Live" comedienne Gilda Radner -- they wed in 1984 (his third marriage) in many ways defines him most clearly. The couple made three movies together, including "The Woman in Red" and "Haunted Honeymoon" (both of which he directed) and were together until her death from ovarian cancer in 1989, after which he helped found "Gilda's Club" and the Gilda Radner Ovarian Cancer Detection Center. (Wilder himself was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 1999 but said it was in remission in 2005.)

He spent the 1990s turning more toward television, with his own short-lived series ("Something Wilder") and appearances on "Will & Grace," but when Alec Baldwin interviewed him in 2008 for Turner Classic Movies, he said he was retiring from acting. Instead, he turned to books, spinning out memoirs, a story collection and novels. His latest, "Something to Remember You By," was published in April.

As Wilder told Baldwin, "(My father) always used to say to me when I was growing up, 'I know you want to act, I know you're wonderful, you're a natural. But don't put all your eggs in one basket.... And afterwards, when he saw a limousine come to pick me up in Milwaukee to take me to Chicago -- with him -- to be interviewed and do publicity for 'Willy Wonka,' on the ride home he was very quiet and he took my hand ... and he said, 'It's a good thing you put all your eggs in one basket.'"

It sure was. Happy birthday, Gene Wilder!

Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/happy-80th-birthday-gene-wilder-6C10272202

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Microsoft E3 2013 roundup: Xbox One release details, next-gen Halo and more

Microsoft E3 2013 roundup: Xbox One release details, next-gen Halo and more

You got the basic info about Xbox One a few weeks ago, but it's safe to say that was only touching the surface. Today at its E3 event, Microsoft revealed even juicier details about the software, hardware and games that'll fuel its next-gen experience. All that, and a redesigned Xbox 360 before Sony's even gotten the chance to show off the PS4's actual enclosure. Whether you want to relive the Xbox showcase or catch up on what you might've missed, you'll find our full roundup past the break.

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US spy programs raise ire both home and abroad

This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong. The Guardian identified Snowden as a source for its reports on intelligence programs after he asked the newspaper to do so on Sunday. (AP Photo/The Guardian)

This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong. The Guardian identified Snowden as a source for its reports on intelligence programs after he asked the newspaper to do so on Sunday. (AP Photo/The Guardian)

A sign stands outside the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md., Thursday, June 6, 2013. The Obama administration on Thursday defended the National Security Agency's need to collect telephone records of U.S. citizens, calling such information "a critical tool in protecting the nation from terrorist threats." (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Glenn Greenwald, a reporter of The Guardian, speaks to reporters at his hotel in Hong Kong Monday, June 10, 2013. Greenwald reported a 29-year-old contractor who claims to have worked at the National Security Agency and the CIA allowed himself to be revealed Sunday as the source of disclosures about the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs, risking prosecution by the U.S. government. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

(AP) ? The Obama administration faced fresh anger Monday at home and abroad over U.S. spy programs that track phone and Internet messages around the world in the hope of thwarting terrorist threats. But a senior intelligence official said there are no plans to end the secretive surveillance systems.

The programs causing the global uproar were revealed by Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old employee of government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. Snowden, whose identity was revealed at his own request, has fled to Hong Kong in hopes of escaping criminal charges. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, who heads the Senate Intelligence Committee and supports the surveillance, accused Snowden of committing an "act of treason" and said he should be prosecuted.

Coolly but firmly, officials in Germany and the European Union issued complaints over two National Security Agency programs that target suspicious foreign messages ? potentially including phone numbers, email, images, video and other online communications transmitted through U.S. providers. The chief British diplomat felt it necessary to try to assure Parliament that the spy programs do not encroach on U.K. privacy laws.

And in Washington, members of Congress said they would take a new look at potential ways to keep the U.S. safe from terror attacks without giving up privacy protections that critics charge are at risk with the government's current authority to broadly sweep up personal communications.

"There's very little trust in the government, and that's for good reason," said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who sits on the House Intelligence Committee. "We're our own worst enemy."

Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, who sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he was considering how Congress could limit the amount of data spy agencies seize from telephone and Internet companies ? including restricting the information to be released only on an as-needed basis.

"It's a little unsettling to have this massive data in the government's possession," King said.

A senior U.S. intelligence official said there are no plans to scrap the programs that, despite the backlash, continue to receive widespread if cautious support within Congress. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive security issue.

The programs were revealed last week by The Guardian and The Washington Post newspapers. National Intelligence Director James Clapper has taken the unusual step of declassifying some of the previously top secret details to help the administration mount a public defense of the surveillance as a necessary step to protect Americans.

One of the NSA programs gathers hundreds of millions of U.S. phone records to search for possible links to known terrorist targets abroad. The other allows the government to tap into nine U.S. Internet companies and gather all communications to detect suspicious behavior that begins overseas.

Snowden is a former CIA employee who later worked as a contractor for the NSA on behalf of Booz Allen, where he gained access to the surveillance. Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said it was "absolutely shocking" that a 29-year-old with limited experience would have access to this material.

The first explosive document he revealed was a top secret court order issued by the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that granted a three-month renewal for a massive collection of American phone records. That order was signed April 25. The Guardian's first story on the court order was published on June 5.

In a statement issued Sunday, Booz Allen said Snowden had been an employee for fewer than three months, so it's possible he was working as an NSA contractor when the order was issued.

He also gave the Post and the Guardian a PowerPoint presentation on another secret program that collects online usage by the nine Internet providers. The U.S. government says it uses that information only to track foreigners' use overseas.

Believing his role would soon be exposed, Snowden fled last month to Hong Kong, a Chinese territory that enjoys relative autonomy from Beijing. His exact whereabouts were unknown Monday.

"All of the options, as he put it, are bad options," Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, who first reported the phone-tracking program and interviewed Snowden extensively, told The Associated Press on Monday. He said Snowden decided to release details of the programs out of shock and anger over the sheer scope of the government's privacy invasions.

"It was his choice to publicly unveil himself," Greenwald told the AP in Hong Kong. "He recognized that even if he hadn't publicly unveiled himself, it was only a matter of time before the U.S. government discovered that it was he who had been responsible for these disclosures, and he made peace with that. ... He's very steadfast and resolute about the fact that he did the right thing."

Although Hong Kong has an extradition treaty with the U.S., the document has some exceptions, including for crimes deemed political. Any negotiations about his possible handover will involve Beijing, but some analysts believe China is unlikely to want to jeopardize its relationship with Washington over someone it would consider of little political interest.

Snowden also told The Guardian that he may seek asylum in Iceland, which has strong free-speech protections and a tradition of providing a haven for the outspoken and the outcast.

The Justice Department is investigating whether his disclosures were a criminal offense ? a matter that's not always clear-cut under U.S. federal law.

A second senior intelligence official said Snowden would have had to have signed a nondisclosure agreement to gain access to the top secret data. That suggests he could be prosecuted for violating that agreement. Penalties could range from a few years to life in prison. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the process of accessing classified materials more frankly.

On Monday afternoon two agents visited the Upper Macungie Township, Pa., home of Snowden's father, Lonnie Snowden. A man who showed FBI identification as he was leaving the home referred questions to the bureau's Philadelphia office, which declined to comment.

The leak came to light as Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is being tried in military court under federal espionage and computer fraud laws for releasing classified documents to WikiLeaks about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, among other items. The most serious charge against him is aiding the enemy, which carries a potential life sentence. But the military operates under a different legal system.

If Snowden is forced to return to the United States to face charges, whistleblower advocates said Monday that they would raise money for his legal defense.

Clapper has ordered an internal review to assess how much damage the disclosures created. Intelligence experts say terrorist suspects and others seeking to attack the U.S. all but certainly will find alternate ways to communicate instead of relying on systems that now are widely known to be under surveillance.

The Obama administration must also now deal with the political and diplomatic fallout of the disclosures. Privacy laws across much of Western Europe are stricter than they are in the United States.

On Tuesday, the European Parliament, through its 27-nation executive arm, will debate the spy programs and whether they have violated local privacy protections. E.U. officials in Brussels pledged to seek answers from U.S. diplomats at a trans-Atlantic ministerial meeting in Dublin that begins Thursday.

"It would be unacceptable and would need swift action from the EU if indeed the U.S. National Security Agency were processing European data without permission," said Guy Verhofstadt, a leader in the Alde group of liberal parties.

Additionally, German government spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters Monday that Chancellor Angela Merkel would question President Barack Obama about the NSA program when he's in Berlin on June 18 for his first visit to the German capital as president. In Germany, privacy regulations are especially strict, and the NSA programs could tarnish a visit that both sides had hoped would reaffirm strong German-American ties.

In London, British Foreign Secretary William Hague was forced to deny allegations that the U.K. government had used information provided by the Americans to circumvent British laws. "We want the British people to have confidence in the work of our intelligence agencies and in their adherence to the law and democratic values," Hague told Parliament.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said Obama is open for a discussion about the spy programs, both with allies and in Congress. His administration has aggressively defended the two programs and credited them with helping stop at least two terrorist attacks, including one in New York City.

But privacy rights advocates say Obama has gone too far. The American Civil Liberties Union and Yale Law School filed legal action Monday to force a secret U.S. court to make public its opinions justifying the scope of some of the surveillance, calling the programs "shockingly broad." And conservative lawyer Larry Klayman filed a separate lawsuit against the Obama administration, claiming he and others have been harmed by the government's collection of as many as 3 billion phone numbers each day.

Army records indicate Snowden enlisted in the Army around May 2004 and was discharged that September.

"He attempted to qualify to become a Special Forces soldier but did not complete the requisite training and was administratively discharged from the Army," Col. David H. Patterson Jr., an Army spokesman at the Pentagon, said in a statement late Monday.

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Associated Press writers Donna Cassata, Frederic Frommer and Matt Apuzzo in Washington, Robert H. Reid in Berlin and Kelvin Chan in Hong Kong contributed to this report.

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Designated drivers don't always abstain, UF study finds

Designated drivers don't always abstain, UF study finds [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 10-Jun-2013
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Maybe better call that cab, after all: A new University of Florida study found that 35 percent of designated drivers had quaffed alcohol and most had blood-alcohol levels high enough to impair their driving.

Adam Barry, an assistant professor of health education and behavior at UF, and his team interviewed and breath-tested more than 1,000 bar patrons in the downtown restaurant and bar district of a major university town in the Southeast. Of the designated drivers who had consumed alcohol, half recorded a blood-alcohol level higher than .05 percent -- a recently recommended new threshold for drunken driving.

"If you look at how people choose their designated drivers, oftentimes they're chosen by who is least drunk or who has successfully driven intoxicated in the past -- successful meaning got home in one piece ... that's disconcerting," Barry said.

The results are published in the July issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

The researchers recruited patrons as they left bars between 10 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. across six Friday nights before home football games in fall 2011. The mean age of the 1,071 people who agreed to be tested was 28. Most were white male college students, while 10 percent were Hispanic, 6 percent were Asian and 4 percent were African-American.

After completing a 3-5 minute interview about demographic data and alcohol-related behaviors, participants then had their blood-alcohol content tested with a hand-held breath-testing instrument.

The non-driving participants had significantly higher levels than the designated drivers, but 35 percent of the 165 self-identified designated drivers had been drinking. Seventeen percent of all those drivers tested had blood-alcohol levels between .02 and .049 percent, while 18 percent were at .05 percent or higher.

The National Transportation Safety Board last month recommended all 50 states adopt a blood-alcohol content cutoff of 0.05 compared with the 0.08 standard used today to prosecute drunken driving. The American Medical Association made the same recommendation in the 1980s, Barry said.

Barry said he doesn't know why a designated driver would consume alcohol, but factors could include group dynamics or the driver's belief that one or two drinks won't impair his skills if he is an experienced drinker.

Some field-based research suggests designated drivers might drink because the group did not consider who would drive before drinking commenced. Barry also suggested that it's tricky for anyone to accurately evaluate their own sobriety.

"That's the insidious nature of alcohol -- when you feel buzzed, you're drunk," he said.

There is no universally accepted definition of a designated driver, according to the research. Although most U.S. researchers say drivers should completely abstain, international researchers believe they can drink as long as his or her blood-alcohol level remains below the legal limit. However, the U.S. limit is much higher than in most other countries.

At .08 percent, the U.S. has one of the highest allowable legal limits of any developed country. Countries such as Denmark, Finland and Greece use the .05 level; Russia and Sweden are at .02; and Japan has a zero percent tolerance.

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Co-researchers were Beth H. Chaney and Michael L. Stellefson, also assistant professors in health education and behavior, College of Health and Human Performance.

Writer: Ron Wayne, 352-392-0186, rwayne@ufl.edu
Contact: Adam Barry, 352-294-1809, 352-519-9724 (cell), aebarry@hhp.ufl.edu


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Designated drivers don't always abstain, UF study finds [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 10-Jun-2013
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Contact: Adam Barry
aebarry@hhp.ufl.edu
352-294-1809
University of Florida

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Maybe better call that cab, after all: A new University of Florida study found that 35 percent of designated drivers had quaffed alcohol and most had blood-alcohol levels high enough to impair their driving.

Adam Barry, an assistant professor of health education and behavior at UF, and his team interviewed and breath-tested more than 1,000 bar patrons in the downtown restaurant and bar district of a major university town in the Southeast. Of the designated drivers who had consumed alcohol, half recorded a blood-alcohol level higher than .05 percent -- a recently recommended new threshold for drunken driving.

"If you look at how people choose their designated drivers, oftentimes they're chosen by who is least drunk or who has successfully driven intoxicated in the past -- successful meaning got home in one piece ... that's disconcerting," Barry said.

The results are published in the July issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

The researchers recruited patrons as they left bars between 10 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. across six Friday nights before home football games in fall 2011. The mean age of the 1,071 people who agreed to be tested was 28. Most were white male college students, while 10 percent were Hispanic, 6 percent were Asian and 4 percent were African-American.

After completing a 3-5 minute interview about demographic data and alcohol-related behaviors, participants then had their blood-alcohol content tested with a hand-held breath-testing instrument.

The non-driving participants had significantly higher levels than the designated drivers, but 35 percent of the 165 self-identified designated drivers had been drinking. Seventeen percent of all those drivers tested had blood-alcohol levels between .02 and .049 percent, while 18 percent were at .05 percent or higher.

The National Transportation Safety Board last month recommended all 50 states adopt a blood-alcohol content cutoff of 0.05 compared with the 0.08 standard used today to prosecute drunken driving. The American Medical Association made the same recommendation in the 1980s, Barry said.

Barry said he doesn't know why a designated driver would consume alcohol, but factors could include group dynamics or the driver's belief that one or two drinks won't impair his skills if he is an experienced drinker.

Some field-based research suggests designated drivers might drink because the group did not consider who would drive before drinking commenced. Barry also suggested that it's tricky for anyone to accurately evaluate their own sobriety.

"That's the insidious nature of alcohol -- when you feel buzzed, you're drunk," he said.

There is no universally accepted definition of a designated driver, according to the research. Although most U.S. researchers say drivers should completely abstain, international researchers believe they can drink as long as his or her blood-alcohol level remains below the legal limit. However, the U.S. limit is much higher than in most other countries.

At .08 percent, the U.S. has one of the highest allowable legal limits of any developed country. Countries such as Denmark, Finland and Greece use the .05 level; Russia and Sweden are at .02; and Japan has a zero percent tolerance.

###

Co-researchers were Beth H. Chaney and Michael L. Stellefson, also assistant professors in health education and behavior, College of Health and Human Performance.

Writer: Ron Wayne, 352-392-0186, rwayne@ufl.edu
Contact: Adam Barry, 352-294-1809, 352-519-9724 (cell), aebarry@hhp.ufl.edu


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Toshe Ayo-Ariyo: Finding My Way

"There's always a way, there's always a door. You just have to find it." -- Leanne Huebner, co-founder of Minds Matter

The University of Pennsylvania has always been, in my opinion, the best fit for me. From the time I began doing college research, I knew I wanted to attend a school that not only had amazing academics, but also a focus on service. The Penn campus is located in West Philadelphia, where a minority community surrounds the beautiful 302-acre campus. If I were to go there, I would have a lot of opportunities to take part in community-enrichment programs. To my disappointment, Penn wait-listed me.

Now, some of you might see getting wait-listed as a sign of failure, a symbol of being "not good enough" for an institution I worked so hard to get into. But I am someone who goes for the things I want despite the odds that may be against me -- so I see my wait-list status as just another opportunity to express my deepest interest in the school I really want to go to. It's another chance to convince them that I will be a great addition to the student body, and that they would be taking more of a risk by not accepting me, because of the diversity I will bring to campus and the things I will achieve in the future. I know very few students are admitted off the wait-list each year, but I believe that if you are genuinely drawn to a particular school, you should do everything you can to get in. I mean, if I truly was not meant to go to Penn, they would have just sent me a rejection letter, right?

I decided to write a formal letter of appeal -- something that many wait-listed applicants do -- to the Penn admissions office to give myself one more shot at a goal I've been aiming at for years. I don't know why my initial application wasn't appealing enough to get me placed in the automatic "yes" pile. Did my desire to go to Penn not come across as strongly as I thought it did? Was I not specific enough? Well, this letter is my second -- and last -- chance to sincerely demonstrate the passion that I possibly didn't express well enough the first time. I also used it to tell the admissions committee about things that had happened since I'd submitted my application, like the fact that I got an internship with the National Institutes of Health in Baltimore, where I'll be conducting research on kidney disease. Penn's overall admission rate may be significantly low, but my hopes and dreams are astonishingly high. Now all I can do is hope that they reconsider me for a coveted seat in the class of 2017

All of this being said and done, I strongly believe that everything happens for a reason. If after sending my appeal, I still don't get the results I want, then I'll know for sure that Penn is not meant to be. Luckily, I am completely happy with my "backup" school: Berkeley. Besides being the top-ranked public university in the country, Berkeley, like Penn, offers many opportunities for service and for, well, anything you can think of! There are more than 2,000 clubs and organizations, and so much cultural diversity, not just within the student body, but also in the city itself. I like the idea of always being able to get involved.

I used to think my ability to be successful would be dictated by the university I attended, even with so many people telling me, over and over, "You'll be successful wherever you go." I'm finally starting to see that what they've been saying is true. Ultimately, it is up to me as a student to make the most of my education no matter where I go. I know I can maximize my potential and experience by taking advantage of all the opportunities and resources that are available to me. And though not every door I open will have something of value behind it or lead me where I want to go, it's still important that I check them all out!

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