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November 29, 2012 2:03 PM

YORK, Maine ? An estimated 100 people boosted the coffers and efforts of the Friends of the Greater York Recreational Complex by attending a $25 to $30 a head reception at the York Harbor Inn on Wednesday.

The money will be added to the $8,000 the Friends have already raised towards a $20,000 feasibility study to determine the cost, placement, revenue stream and other factors in the group?s proposal to construct a multi-million dollar complex of a swimming pool, tennis and other sports courts and all-around recreational facility in York.

The York Senior Center, currently in the same century old former schoolhouse as the police station, is also under consideration to locate to the new facility after police move to a new building.

How the private business enterprise fits with a town proposed $3.5 million recreation and community center, which has long been on a long-term capital plan, is scheduled to be discussed at a public Capital Planning meeting at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, in the superintendent?s office.

The Friends have said they envision a private/public partnership. When the Friends first pitched the idea for the Greater York Recreational Complex earlier this year, they suggested a membership-funded tennis and swimming facility on town-owned land on Bog Road.

Group founder Norm Martinen of Portsmouth, N.H., has since left the Friends, as his original idea has gone beyond a proposal for tennis courts and a pool, and become more community focused, according to Julie Edminster, vice president for the Friends? board of directors. The new facility, however, is slated to be open to residents beyond York.

Features of the recreational complex, its cost, where it should be built, how its operation will be funded and who should run it, await results of a feasibility study, Edminster said.

?The main objective is to come up with the square footage, the features, court costs, operating expenses and revenue streams,? she said.

The Friends is headed by Ray McMahon of York, president of the board of directors. McMahon formerly lived in Pennsylvania, where there was a recreational facility which had 5,000 members, funded by a private and public partnership, he said.

?We are working on this tirelessly,? McMahon told the crowd at the reception. ?We just know it?s going to happen. It?s tough, the economy is still not good, we know that.?

Once the money is raised, the feasibility study should take about a month and a half to complete, according to Laurel Pollard, finance chairman for the group.

The Friends on Wednesday released results of a survey of 220 people conducted in September and October. Most respondents were from York, said board member Tracy Keirns. They ranked the importance of potential features from high to low. Indoor swimming, aerobics, fitness, a track and multi-sports courts ranked higher than a senior center, child care facilities, arts and crafts space and a kitchen, according to the results.

About 80 percent said they would use the facility at least once a week. One-third said they travelled to Portsmouth for fitness or to use the city?s indoor pool, Keirns said. ?There?s quite a bit of money they?re taking when they go,? she said.

Many of those at Wednesday?s reception were couples who said they wanted a recreational facility where they could bring the kids.

?We have two children in York schools, we use the pool in Portsmouth,? said Barrie Hanlon of York.

Lisa Corcoran of York said she has two children, age 5 and 8. A facility the whole family could use, ?would be amazing,? she said.

Robert Palmer, chairman of the York Budget Committee said he could not speak for the committee, but as an individual, supports the recreational complex. ?I think it?s something the community needs,? he said.

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NASA surprised to spot ice on Mercury

NASA's Messenger probe enabled researchers to find unexpected materials frozen in Mercury's north pole. Scientists think the materials arrived via comets or asteroids that hit millions of years ago.?

By Irene Klotz,?Reuters / November 29, 2012

This photo shows a 68-mile-diameter crater, large indentation at center, in the north polar region of Mercury which has been shown to harbor water ice, thanks to measurements by the Messenger spacecraft. Scientists made the announcement Thursday.

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Despite searing daytime temperatures, Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, has ice and frozen organic materials inside permanently shadowed craters in its north pole,?NASA scientists said on Thursday.

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Earth-based telescopes have been compiling evidence for ice on Mercury for 20 years, but the finding of organics was a surprise, say researchers with?NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, the first probe to orbit Mercury.

Both ice and organic materials, which are similar to tar or coal, were believed to have been delivered millions of years ago by comets and asteroids crashing into the planet.

"It's not something we expected to see, but then of course you realize it kind of makes sense because we see this in other places," such as icy bodies in the outer solar system and in the nuclei of comets, planetary scientist David Paige, with the?University of California, Los Angeles, told Reuters.

Unlike?NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, which will be sampling rocks and soils to look for organic materials directly, the MESSENGER probe bounces?laser?beams, counts particles, measures gamma rays and collects other data remotely from orbit.

The discoveries of ice and organics, painstakingly pieced together for more than a year, are based on computer models, laboratory experiments and deduction, not direct analysis.

"The explanation that seems to fit all the data is that it's organic material," said lead MESSENGER scientist?Sean Solomon, with?Columbia University in New York.

Added Paige, "It's not just a crazy hypothesis. No one has got anything else that seems to fit all the observations better."

Scientists believe the organic material, which is about twice as dark as most of Mercury's surface, was mixed in with comet- or asteroid-delivered ice eons ago.

The ice vaporized, then re-solidified where it was colder, leaving dark deposits on the surface. Radar imagery shows the dark patches subside at the coldest parts of the crater, where ice can exist on the surface.

The areas where the dark patches are seen are not cold enough for surface ice without the overlying layer of what is believed to be organics.

So remote was the idea of organics on Mercury that MESSENGER got a relatively easy pass by?NASA's planetary protection protocols that were established to minimize the chance of contaminating any indigenous life-potential material with hitchhiking microbes from Earth.

Scientists don't believe Mercury is or was suitable for ancient life, but the discovery of organics on an inner planet of the solar system may shed light on how life got started on Earth and how life may evolve on planets beyond the solar system.

"Finding a place in the inner solar system where some of these same ingredients that may have led to life on Earth are preserved for us is really exciting," Paige said.

MESSENGER, which stands for Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging, is due to complete its two-year mission at Mercury in March.

Scientists are seeking?NASA funding to continue operations for at least part of a third year. The probe will remain in Mercury's orbit until the planet's gravity eventually causes it to crash onto the surface.

Whether the discovery of organics now prompts?NASA to select a crash zone rather than leave it up to chance remains to be seen. Microbes that may have hitched a ride on MESSENGER likely have been killed off by the harsh?radiation?environment at Mercury.

The research is published in this week's edition of the journal Science.

(Editing by Kevin Gray and Vicki Allen)

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You scrolled right past the old design for Facebook's "Pages You Might Like" mobile ads. Too much gray, not enough description. But they just got updated to show colorful banners and explain what a business does. Their designer Jeff Kanter thinks you'll stop to give them a look. Maybe even a tap. With style and targeting, Facebook is turning limited mobile ad space into its secret weapon.

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Elderly man scammed for thousands, kids? lives threatened

A whizbang in the insurance and financial worlds for decades, a spry retiree in Chicago was the last guy his children imagined they'd see snared in a money scam.

But in a mere month earlier this year the 80-year-old grandfather was conned out of an estimated $25,000.

"It might even be more," his oldest son said.

Once the victim's kids caught on, the scam got scarier.

"These people threatened to kill me on more than one occasion," the son said.

Still, they want their father's story told. To protect their identity, Yahoo News is not naming the elderly victim or his family.

"If it can happen to my dad, it can absolutely happen to anyone else," the son said.

Federal officials agree and are sounding the alarm. A government report released this month described elder financial exploitation as an "epidemic with society wide repercussions." While this type of fraud is woefully underreported and often overlooked, officials estimate that Americans 65 and older are taken for nearly $3 billion a year.

Elder fraud comes in all forms, including the lottery scam pulled on the Chicago widower. A Feb. 20 letter in the style of Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes informed the widower he'd won at least $5 million. To claim his prize, the letter said, he would need to send $3,000 to cover "insurance, shipping and handling for the safe delivery."

He complied, but the fraudsters kept calling back for more. Time and again, he'd go to neighborhood stores and wire money by the hundreds and thousands. In mid-March, one of his children paid a visit and spotted money transfer receipts scattered about.

Fraud letter sent to Chicago victim

"My dad became hush-hush and actually tried to hide stuff," the son told Yahoo News. "That was totally out of character for my dad. And he came up with a BS story that my brother did not believe."

His children alerted the Illinois attorney general, Publishers Clearing House and the financial institutions involved. MoneyGram and Western Union blocked the 80-year-old's accounts, but he continued to get calls from strangers in New York and Jamaica. His sons intercepted some of the calls, which turned threatening when the sons refused to put their father on the phone.

"They said they could see us through the window, that they were going to shoot us that afternoon," his son said.

The family and others familiar with the case believe the original fraudsters sold the victim's information on "smurf lists" so that other money launderers could contact him as well. One female caller told the son she was his father's girlfriend. Others knew personal details about the elderly man, like his dog's name.

"Anything to get through to my dad," he said. "They're good, they're organized and they are ruthless."

Chris Irving, assistant vice president of consumer and legal affairs at Publishers Clearing House, says imposters are a thorn in the company's side.

"Our efforts to get the criminals to stop using our name are numerous," Irving said. "And at the end of the day, perhaps the most effective deterrent is the comprehensive education we provide to consumers through many different programs that reminds them that if you have to pay to win, it is not a legitimate prize and it is certainly not from the real Publishers Clearing House."

[RELATED: Yellow pages scammers ordered to pay back $10M]

Nine months later, the man's children are still puzzled by how their financially astute father fell for the scam.

"My dad was and is still in denial," the son said. "He told the police that it was a very small amount, but we know he fibbed."

Shame and fear of losing their independence keeps elders from reporting such crimes, but Pamela Teaster, a gerontologist, says executive function is often the first sign of cognitive decline for seniors.

"That's where that sort of reasoning and dealing with numbers issue comes into play," said Teaster, who heads the University of Kentucky's Justice Center for Elders and Vulnerable Adults.

Criminal gangs are noticing the growing elder population in the United States.

"They have the nation's wealth," Teaster said. "That's where the money resides."

The Government Accountability Office recently called on the Federal Trade Commission, Justice Department, Health and Human Services and other federal agencies to step up efforts to combat elder financial exploitation.

"It calls for a more cohesive and deliberate approach government-wide that, at a minimum, identifies gaps in efforts nationwide, ensures that federal resources are effectively allocated, establishes federal agency responsibilities, and holds agencies accountable for meeting them," the GAO report concluded.

"Often the response has been disjointed," Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn, said in a speech at the inaugural meeting of the Elder Justice Coordinating Council in October. The new multiagency federal council is charged with creating a better road map for elder justice.

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Cases like the one in Chicago often fall through the cracks because of overlapping local, state and federal jurisdictions or limited resources for law enforcement. Privacy and antitrust laws complicate matters too.

Publishers Clearing House and money transfer companies already report fraud to the government. But Kim Garner, MoneyGram's senior vice president of global security, said more crime patterns could be identified if the FTC would allow for certain fraud details to be mutual across business and law enforcement networks.

"If we could come up with new ways of sharing information that doesn't violate antitrust or privacy laws, that would be a step in the right direction," said Garner, a former Secret Service agent.

Garner and her MoneyGram team already help police where they can, and are constantly updating their computer system to try and catch fraud before a transaction is complete.

"Because the bad guys get really good at the rules," she said.

No one knows that better than the Chicago victim and his family.

After their father was blocked from wiring money, the shysters convinced him to open new checking and savings accounts. The cons gained online access, but were stopped before they could play switcheroo with his money.

"God only knows what he might have lost," the son said.

Fraud resource links:

? File a complaint with the FTC

? MoneyGram's fraud prevention tips

? FBI advice for senior citizens

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US-based anti-Islam filmmaker sentenced to death

By NBC News staff and wire reports

CAIRO -- A U.S.-based Egyptian-American said to be behind the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims" and six other Egyptian Christians were sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Cairo Wednesday.

The film, which insulted the prophet Muhammad, sparked violent protests and attacks on U.S. embassies across the Middle East when it was released in September.?Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed in what is now accepted as a terrorist attack during a protest at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

"The seven accused persons were convicted of insulting the Islamic religion through participating in producing and offering a movie that insults Islam and its prophet,'' Egyptian Judge Saif al-Nasr Soliman said Wednesday.

Protests ignited by a controversial film that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhammad spread throughout Muslim world.

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Those convicted included "Eli Basily," also known as "Nicola Basily," the court said.

A prosecution lawyer told NBC News that this referred to the man said by U.S. federal authorities to have been behind the film. He has been named in a U.S. court as Mark Basseley Youssef, a 55-year-old Coptic Christian.

The charges in Egypt included "intentionally committing acts to harm the unity of the country and peace of its land;" "calling to divide the country into small states on a sectarian basis and harming national unity;" and "using religion to promote extremist ideas resulting in religious division and disrespect [of] heavenly religion."

Any defendants convicted?in absentia?of a capital punishment crime in Egypt are granted an automatic appeal and thus a retrial upon returning to Egypt.

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Terry Jones, the controversial Florida pastor, is also facing charges in Egypt over the film.?

The prosecution lawyer told NBC News that the case against Jones -- known for encouraging people to burn the Quran -- would be heard on Dec. 29.

Pastor may not recognize lasting impact of Quran-burning plan

Earlier this month, Youssef was?sentenced to a year in prison?in California for violating the terms of his probation stemming from a 2010 bank fraud conviction.?

However, none of the violations had to do with the content of "Innocence of Muslims."

The crude, low-budget video, produced privately in California, lasted just 13 minutes. It?portrayed the prophet Muhammad?as a religious fraud, pedophile and womanizer.?

Cast members have said they were misled into appearing in a film they believed was an adventure drama called "Desert Warrior."?

Actress sues, says she was fooled into acting in anti-Muslim movie

U.S. federal authorities have not said whether Youssef was the person who posted the film online.?Youssef wasn't supposed to use any name other than his true legal name without the prior written approval of his probation officer.

Several names have been associated with Youssef since the film trailer surfaced, including Sam Bacile and Nakoula Basseley Nakoula. Bacile was the name attached to the YouTube account that posted the video.?

Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church did not issue an official comment on the Egyptian court's ruling, Reuters reported.?

"The church denounced the movie, which it has nothing to do with. As for today's case, it is a court ruling and the church does not comment on court decisions," a church source, who asked not to be named, told the wire service.

Christians make up around 10 percent of Egypt's 83 million people and many complain of discrimination in work and treatment.?

NBC's Charlene Gubash and Ayman Mohyeldin, Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Wall Street opens flat on fiscal cliff caution

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Stocks opened slightly lower on Tuesday?as worry over the threat to the economy posed by the fiscal cliff?offset optimism from a deal to ease Greece's debt burden.?

Shortly after the opening bell, the Dow Jones industrial average dipped 33.02 points, or 0.25 percent, to 12,934.35. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index shed 2.58 points, or 0.18 percent, to 1,403.71. The Nasdaq Composite Index lost 4.07 points, or 0.14 percent, to 2,972.71.?

Market sentiment improved after European finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund clinched agreement late on Monday on reducing Greece's debt and releasing emergency loans to keep Greece from defaulting.?

But as Democrats and Republicans prepared to resume budget negotiations this week in Washington, the market turned cautious.?

As of Monday's close, the S&P 500 was holding above the 1,400 level it retook last week. But volume continued to be weak as traders awaited any advance in talks between the Obama administration and Congress to avert a series of spending cuts and tax increases scheduled to begin next year. Last week, the broad stock index rose nearly 4 percent.?

"Advancing volume trends have failed to surge during the S&P 500's 4 percent bounce from its November 16 low, suggesting recent strength can be attributed to a lack of selling pressure rather than fresh buying demand," said Ari Wald, analyst at the PrinceRidge Group in New York.?

"We would like to see this spread turn positive to confirm an upward S&P 500 reversal," he said.?

Government data on October durable goods orders showed a gauge of planned spending by businesses increased by the most in five months. But a fourth straight month of declines in shipments underscored the damage that fears of tighter fiscal policy next year are having on the economy. Market reaction to the Commerce Department report was muted.?

"On balance, you would have to look at this number and say it is encouraging. It is one piece of a many piece puzzle, but a good piece," said Hugh Johnson, chief investment officer of Hugh Johnson Advisors LLC in Albany, New York.?

"For those of us that are worried about the economy in 2013, given the uncertainty of the fiscal cliff, this is a little bit helpful. But that doesn't remove the overarching worry about the cliff or that tax policy and spending policy will not be right, given the weak economy."?

Separate data showed U.S. single-family home prices rose in September in a further sign that the housing market is on the mend.?

Europe is preparing to follow the United States in delaying the introduction of stricter rules on bank capital, while it lobbies for a reconsideration of the U.S. stance, EU sources said.?

However, the head of the Basel Committee at the Bank of International Settlements told Reuters on Tuesday that the introduction of stricter capital rules for banks will go ahead as planned on January 1.?

Reuters contributed to this report.?

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After losing a pair of defensive linemen for the remainder of the season, the Indianapolis Colts have added defensive tackle Kellen Heard to help bolster depth along their defensive front. The Colts placed Fili Moala and Josh Chapman on injured reserve Tuesday. Moala suffered a knee injury Sunday against the Buffalo Bills. Chapman had not?

Former two-time All-Pro linebacker and head coach Jack Pardee has been given six to nine months to live after being diagnosed with gall bladder cancer. According to Chris Duncan of the Associated Press, Pardee?s daughter, Anne, said he is in good spirits despite the diagnosis. Pardee is expected to move to a Denver hospice facility?

Eagles quarterback Michael Vick has begun preparing for his potential return, spending Tuesday night being sized for a protective skull cap that he plans to wear under his helmet to safeguard against suffering another concussion.

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'Psych' star Dule Hill and wife separate

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Nicole Lyn and Dule Hill in 2011.

By Natalie Finn, E! Online

Dule Hill couldn't have seen this one coming when he got married.?The "Psych" ?star filed for a legal separation from actress wife Nicole Lyn, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for why things didn't work out.

The pair's official date of separation is listed as July 21 -- 11 days after their eighth wedding anniversary -- in court documents filed Nov. 6 and obtained by E! News.

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Hill, who's perhaps most famous for playing presidential aide Charlie Young on "The West Wing" for seven years, filed his petition using his full first name, Karim Dule Hill.

Lyn had a recurring role as an intern on "The West Wing" before she married Hill, and she had a guest spot on "Psych" in 2007 in addition to appearances on "The L Word" and the short-lived "Welcome to the Captain."

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Hill, 37, and Lyn, 34, did not have any children together and this was the first marriage for both.

The seventh season of "Psych" ?premieres on USA in February.

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Photo album of human history launched into space

A new communications spacecraft being hurled into the heavens might seem like ho-hum news, but one particular satellite is carrying what may be one of the longest-lasting material artifacts of contemporary civilization.

Artist Trevor Paglen's "The Last Pictures" is an archival disc containing 100 photographs representing modern human history ? a disc affixed to the exterior of the newly lofted EchoStar XVI satellite.

The full artifact attached to the spacecraft is composed of two interlocking gold-plated aluminum jackets housing the silicon disc on which the photographs are nano-etched. The gold-plated shell was designed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Carleton College.

And just in case visitors from afar happen upon EchoStar XVI, there's a cover etching, a temporal map consisting of a star chart, pulsar timings and other information describing the epoch from which the spacecraft came. [Art Time Capsule to Live Forever in Space (Video)]

Carleton College astrophysicist Joel Weisberg collaborated with Paglen on the design of the scientific messages to potential discoverers etched into the artifact's cover.

The Last Pictures is a public project presented by New York-based Creative Time, an organization that has worked with more than 2,000 artists to produce hundreds of innovative public art projects. The disc was commissioned by Creative Time.

Nighttime sendoff

The EchoStar Corporation's EchoStar XVI satellite, built by Space Systems/Loral, was successfully launched on Nov. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It launched to orbit by International Launch Services' Proton Breeze M rocket. Ultimately, the spacecraft will be maneuvered into orbit 22,300 miles (35,800 kilometers) above the Earth.

EchoStar XVI will be fully leased to DISH Network for the delivery of direct-to-home broadcast services to DISH customers in the United States.

The EchoStar Corporation donated both the services of its engineers and placement space on its satellite.

Paglen witnessed the nighttime sendoff of his project, telling SPACE.com in an email: "Separation [of the satellite from the rocket] was successful ? and the solar panels are deployed and the spacecraft is healthy. Very exciting!!"

"Watching EchoStar XVI and The Last Pictures lift off from Baikonur last night, I was overwhelmed and humbled by the number of people who worked long hours, nights, and weekends, to make this dream of a project come true," Paglen said. "The Last Pictures has gone to space where it will begin a much longer voyage to the depths of time."

Poetic meditation

As a cultural artifact of our time, The Last Pictures is likened to a cosmic message in a bottle to the future and a poetic meditation on the legacy of our civilization.

In selecting the 100 images for the project, Paglen consulted with scientists, artists, philosophers, mathematicians and geologists. His choice of images include depictions of the equipment used in the construction of the atomic bomb; smiling children in a World War II-era Japanese internment camp; as well as a Soyuz rocket launch and the iconic Earthrise image taken during the Apollo 8 mission. [Gallery: Experts' Favorite Space Photos]

"The Last Pictures is a document of this historical moment, but it's not meant to be a representation of humanity ? it's not supposed to speak for everybody. It's a very particular kind of document, one person's impression about what the world might look like at this particular moment," Paglen said. "In a way, that's all we can ask out of art ? things that help us see who we are now. And the best I can hope for is that this project will give us a way that we can actually look at ourselves."

The complete set of images can be found in "The Last Pictures" book, co-published by Creative Time Books and University of California Press, available from bookstores nationwide and online.

Intersections of art and space

The project was sparked by the idea that high-flying communications satellites will ultimately become the cultural and material ruins of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, far outlasting anything else humans have created.

Paglen said that something very remarkable has happened over the last 50 years: Humans have built a ring around our planet, not unlike the rings of Saturn. But instead of being made out of dust and debris, the ring around Earth that's been created is made out of machines, he said.

The Last Pictures venture is also viewed as part of a long tradition of public intersections of art and space. There are plaques riding on the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft, launched in 1972 and 1973, respectively. Then there's the Frank Drake Arecibo message of 1974, beamed toward star cluster M13 some 25,000 light years away.

Similarly, gold records are affixed to the Voyager spacecraft that departed Earth in 1977, each containing sounds and images portraying the diversity of life on Earth and suggesting the possibility of communicating with extraterrestrial life forms or future humans.

"The Last Pictures acts much like a tombstone or cave painting from a time long forgotten," said Nato Thompson, chief curator for Creative Time.

"Ultimately, The Last Pictures will hover over the Earth in virtual perpetuity," Thompson said, "reminding us ? like a haunting shadow ? that the greatest hope of lasting communication resides in the tenuous moment of the present."

Leonard David has been reporting on the space industry for more than five decades. He is a winner of last year's National Space Club Press Award and a past editor-in-chief of the National Space Society's Ad Astra and Space World magazines. He has written for SPACE.com since 1999.

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Study finds heavily indebted med students choosing primary care face greater financial challenges

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(Boston) - Researchers at Boston University and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) have determined that heavily indebted medical students choosing primary care careers will experience difficulty paying their student debt unless they consider alternative strategies to support repayment. These findings appear online in Academic Medicine, the peer-reviewed Journal of the AAMC.

Most medical school graduates have education debt and the average amount of education debt is increasing. In 2011, 86 percent had education debt at graduation, averaging $161,290, the highest total to date. Among these indebted graduates, 23 percent of those at private medical schools graduated with loans of $250,000 or more.

The authors used comprehensive financial-planning software developed by Lawrence Kotlikoff, PhD, professor of economics at Boston University and other economists, to model the annual finances for a fictional physician's household to compare the impact of various debt levels, repayment plans and living expenses across three specialties. To accurately develop this spending model, they used published data from federal and local agencies, real estate sources and national organizations. For their fictional indebted physician, the researchers created three career tracks: one as a primary care physician and two as higher-paying specialists (comparable to physicians in psychiatry or obstetrics/gynecology and in general surgery), each with a comparable starting salary. They analyzed four education debt levels: $150,000, $200,000, $250,000, and $300,000. Among indebted medical school graduates in the class of 2011, in overlapping categories, 59 percent had education debt of $150,000 or more, 33 percent had $200,000 or more, 15 percent had $250,000 or more, and five percent had $300,000 or more.

The loan repayment scenarios they modeled included the standard 10-year plan and the extended 25-year plan. In total, they analyzed 384 different scenarios: 16 repayment plans at four different debt levels for three different career tracks in two different locations (Boston and Denver.)

The models indicate that recent medical school graduates, with the median amount of education debt ($160,000) can enter primary care, raise a family, live in an expensive urban area and repay their debt within 10 years without incurring additional debt. To achieve all of these goals at the $200,000 debt level, however, a primary care physician would need to consider an extended repayment plan and/or a federal loan repayment program, such as income-based repayment or the National Health Services Corps (NHSC). To achieve these goals at the $250,000 or more debt level, a primary care physician would need to consider living in a more moderately priced area and/or choosing an extended 25-year repayment plan or a multi-year commitment to a federal loan forgiveness/repayment program.

The study's economic modeling of a physician's household income and expenses across a range of medical school borrowing levels in high- and moderate-cost living areas shows that physicians in all specialties, including primary care, can repay the current median level of education debt. At higher borrowing levels, even for physicians in comparatively lower-income primary care specialties, there are options to partially mitigate the economic impact of education debt repayment. These options include: an extended repayment term or federal loan forgiveness/repayment program, such as income-based repayment (IBR), public service loan forgiveness (PSLF), and the NHSC. However, extended repayment incurs significant additional interest payments and loan forgiveness programs have restrictions.

"Our results show that student debt levels have become so high that a growing number of students will struggle on a primary care salary alone to repay educational loans and still have enough left over to cover other routine household expenses," notes senior author John Wiecha, MD, MPH, associate professor of family medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and an assistant dean for academic affairs at BUSM.

Lead author James Youngclaus, senior education analyst at the AAMC, adds "Our unique study used real world numbers to demonstrate that heavily indebted primary care graduates must be careful and strategic when making repayment and lifestyle choices."

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Partial funding for this study was provided in part, by a Primary Care Training grant (#D56HP10305-03-00) from the Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Contact: Jenny Ericksen, 617-638-6841, jenny.eriksen@bmc.org

Gina DiGravio, 617-638-8480, gina.digravio@bmc.org

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(Boston) - Researchers at Boston University and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) have determined that heavily indebted medical students choosing primary care careers will experience difficulty paying their student debt unless they consider alternative strategies to support repayment. These findings appear online in Academic Medicine, the peer-reviewed Journal of the AAMC.

Most medical school graduates have education debt and the average amount of education debt is increasing. In 2011, 86 percent had education debt at graduation, averaging $161,290, the highest total to date. Among these indebted graduates, 23 percent of those at private medical schools graduated with loans of $250,000 or more.

The authors used comprehensive financial-planning software developed by Lawrence Kotlikoff, PhD, professor of economics at Boston University and other economists, to model the annual finances for a fictional physician's household to compare the impact of various debt levels, repayment plans and living expenses across three specialties. To accurately develop this spending model, they used published data from federal and local agencies, real estate sources and national organizations. For their fictional indebted physician, the researchers created three career tracks: one as a primary care physician and two as higher-paying specialists (comparable to physicians in psychiatry or obstetrics/gynecology and in general surgery), each with a comparable starting salary. They analyzed four education debt levels: $150,000, $200,000, $250,000, and $300,000. Among indebted medical school graduates in the class of 2011, in overlapping categories, 59 percent had education debt of $150,000 or more, 33 percent had $200,000 or more, 15 percent had $250,000 or more, and five percent had $300,000 or more.

The loan repayment scenarios they modeled included the standard 10-year plan and the extended 25-year plan. In total, they analyzed 384 different scenarios: 16 repayment plans at four different debt levels for three different career tracks in two different locations (Boston and Denver.)

The models indicate that recent medical school graduates, with the median amount of education debt ($160,000) can enter primary care, raise a family, live in an expensive urban area and repay their debt within 10 years without incurring additional debt. To achieve all of these goals at the $200,000 debt level, however, a primary care physician would need to consider an extended repayment plan and/or a federal loan repayment program, such as income-based repayment or the National Health Services Corps (NHSC). To achieve these goals at the $250,000 or more debt level, a primary care physician would need to consider living in a more moderately priced area and/or choosing an extended 25-year repayment plan or a multi-year commitment to a federal loan forgiveness/repayment program.

The study's economic modeling of a physician's household income and expenses across a range of medical school borrowing levels in high- and moderate-cost living areas shows that physicians in all specialties, including primary care, can repay the current median level of education debt. At higher borrowing levels, even for physicians in comparatively lower-income primary care specialties, there are options to partially mitigate the economic impact of education debt repayment. These options include: an extended repayment term or federal loan forgiveness/repayment program, such as income-based repayment (IBR), public service loan forgiveness (PSLF), and the NHSC. However, extended repayment incurs significant additional interest payments and loan forgiveness programs have restrictions.

"Our results show that student debt levels have become so high that a growing number of students will struggle on a primary care salary alone to repay educational loans and still have enough left over to cover other routine household expenses," notes senior author John Wiecha, MD, MPH, associate professor of family medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and an assistant dean for academic affairs at BUSM.

Lead author James Youngclaus, senior education analyst at the AAMC, adds "Our unique study used real world numbers to demonstrate that heavily indebted primary care graduates must be careful and strategic when making repayment and lifestyle choices."

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Partial funding for this study was provided in part, by a Primary Care Training grant (#D56HP10305-03-00) from the Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Contact: Jenny Ericksen, 617-638-6841, jenny.eriksen@bmc.org

Gina DiGravio, 617-638-8480, gina.digravio@bmc.org

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Chris Christie files papers to seek re-election in N.J.

The technical step allows?Christie?to set up a campaign headquarters, hire staff and raise money toward his re-election, said people who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

By Angela Delli Santi,?Associated Press / November 26, 2012

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New Jersey Gov.?Chris?Christie?has filed papers to seek re-election next year, while enjoying a popularity surge due to his hands-on response to Superstorm Sandy, the worst natural disaster in state history.

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The 50-year-old Republican filed papers with election officials Monday cementing his intention to seek a second term, according to two people close to the governor. The technical step allows?Christie?to set up a campaign headquarters, hire staff and raise money toward his re-election, said the people, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak before the governor makes a formal announcement in a few weeks.

Christie?carried the Democratic-leaning state by 86,000 votes in 2009, an upset win over Democratic incumbent Jon Corzine.

Christie, who has become a national figure during his first term, is riding an unprecedented wave of popularity because of how he handled the storm. Even Democrats have applauded his hands-on response. He appeared on "Saturday Night Live" in his trademark fleece pullover this month to lampoon his own nationally televised storm briefings.

About the only criticism directed his way since Superstorm Sandy attacked the coast in late October has come from fellow Republicans who have lambasted him for embracing President Barack Obama as the two toured New Jersey's ravaged coastline six days before the presidential election. Some even blame?Christie?for tipping a close election to the president.

Christie?was the first governor to endorse Mitt Romney; he raised $18.2 million for the GOP nominee and crisscrossed the country as an in-demand surrogate for Republican candidates. Some are still questioning his party loyalty, however, as they did after?Christie?delivered the keynote address at the party's nominating convention in Tampa. Critics saw that August speech as too much about?Christie?and not enough about Romney.

Christie?was courted by some Republican bigwigs to enter the presidential contest early on, but he spurned their overtures and later ruled himself out as vice presidential material as well. Buzz over a?Christie?2016 run has become muted since the governor boarded Marine One with Obama.

So far, no one has stepped forward to challenge him as governor. Several Democrats, most prominently Newark Mayor Cory Booker, have been thinking aloud about running for their party's nomination.

Christie's?reputation for bluntness and penchant for confrontation have made him a YouTube sensation and sometimes obscured policy changes he has championed.

With the help of Democrats who control both houses of the state Legislature,?Christie?took on public worker unions, enacting sweeping pension and health benefits changes that cost workers more and are designed to shore up the underfunded public worker retirement and health care systems long-term. He also enacted a 2 percent property tax cap with few loopholes to try and slow the annual growth rate of property taxes, already the highest in the nation at an average of $7,519 when adjusted for rebates.

Christie's?education reforms have been slower to accomplish, and Democrats have refused to budge on his signature issue for this year, a phased-in 10 percent tax cut. With tax collections underperforming the administration's projections and storm rebuilding threatening to eat further into revenues, Democrats are unlikely to waiver on their position that the state can't afford the cut.

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Ancient microbes found living beneath the icy surface of Antarctic lake

Public release date: 26-Nov-2012
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DRI scientists' co-author study examining life in one of Earths coldest, ice-sealed ecosystems

RENO This week a pioneering study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and co-authored by Dr. Alison Murray and Dr. Christian Fritsen of Nevada's Desert Research Institute (DRI) reveals, for the first time, a viable community of bacteria that survives and ekes out a living in a dark, salty and subfreezing environment beneath nearly 20 meters of ice in one of Antarctica's most isolated lakes.

Lake Vida, the largest of several unique lakes found in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, contains no oxygen, is mostly frozen and possesses the highest nitrous oxide levels of any natural water body on Earth. A briny liquid that is approximately six times saltier than seawater percolates throughout the icy environment that has an average temperature of minus 13.5 degrees centigrade (or 8 degrees Fahrenheit).

"This study provides a window into one of the most unique ecosystems on Earth," said Murray, the report's lead author, and molecular microbial ecologist and polar researcher for the past 17 years, who has participated in 14 expeditions to the Southern Ocean and Antarctic continent. "Our knowledge of geochemical and microbial processes in lightless icy environments, especially at subzero temperatures, has been mostly unknown up until now. This work expands our understanding of the types of life that can survive in these isolated, cryoecosystems and how different strategies may be used to exist in such challenging environments."

Despite the very cold, dark and isolated nature of the habitat, the report finds that the brine harbors a surprisingly diverse and abundant assemblage of bacteria that survive without a present-day source of energy from the sun. Previous studies of Lake Vida dating back to 1996 indicate that the brine and its' inhabitants have been isolated from outside influences for more than 3,000 years.

Murray and her co-authors and collaborators, including the project's principal investigator Dr. Peter Doran of the University of Illinois at Chicago, developed stringent protocols and specialized equipment for their 2005 and 2010 field campaigns to sample the lake brine while avoiding contaminating the pristine ecosystem.

To sample the unique environment researchers worked under secure, sterile tents on the lake's surface to keep the site and equipment clean as they drilled ice cores, collected samples of the salty brine residing in the lake ice and then assessed the chemical qualities of the water and its potential for harboring and sustaining life, in addition to describing the diversity of the organisms detected.

Geochemical analyses suggest that chemical reactions between the brine and the underlying iron-rich sediments generate nitrous oxide and molecular hydrogen. The latter, in part, may provide the energy needed to support the brine's diverse microbial life.

"It's plausible that a life-supporting energy source exists solely from the chemical reaction between anoxic salt water and the rock," explained Fritsen, a systems microbial ecologist and Research Professor in DRI's Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences.

"If that's the case," echoed Murray. "This gives us an entirely new framework for thinking of how life can be supported in cryoecosystems on earth and in other icy worlds of the universe."

Murray added further research is currently under way to analyze the abiotic, chemical interactions between the Lake Vida brine and the sediment, in addition to investigating the microbial community by using different genome sequencing approaches. The results could help explain the potential for life in other salty, cryogenic environments beyond Earth.

The Lake Vida brine also represents a cryoecosystem that is a suitable and accessible analog for the soils, sediments, wetlands, and lakes underlying the Antarctic ice sheet that other polar researchers are just now beginning to explore.

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The funding for this research was supported jointly by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

About the Desert Research Institute:

DRI, the nonprofit research campus of the Nevada System of Higher Education, strives to be the world leader in environmental sciences through the application of knowledge and technologies to improve people's lives throughout Nevada and the world.

All DRI news releases available at: http://news.dri.edu/

Additional Details:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

Article #12-08607 - "Microbial Life at -13 C in the Brine of an Ice-Sealed Antarctic Lake," by Alison E. Murray et al.

More information on the Lake Vida project can be found online at: http://www.dri.edu/lake-vida

Photographs and Video available:

Field Work including the ice core drilling process, Antarctic expedition, ice cores, and Lake Vida research team members.

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DRI scientists' co-author study examining life in one of Earths coldest, ice-sealed ecosystems

RENO This week a pioneering study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and co-authored by Dr. Alison Murray and Dr. Christian Fritsen of Nevada's Desert Research Institute (DRI) reveals, for the first time, a viable community of bacteria that survives and ekes out a living in a dark, salty and subfreezing environment beneath nearly 20 meters of ice in one of Antarctica's most isolated lakes.

Lake Vida, the largest of several unique lakes found in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, contains no oxygen, is mostly frozen and possesses the highest nitrous oxide levels of any natural water body on Earth. A briny liquid that is approximately six times saltier than seawater percolates throughout the icy environment that has an average temperature of minus 13.5 degrees centigrade (or 8 degrees Fahrenheit).

"This study provides a window into one of the most unique ecosystems on Earth," said Murray, the report's lead author, and molecular microbial ecologist and polar researcher for the past 17 years, who has participated in 14 expeditions to the Southern Ocean and Antarctic continent. "Our knowledge of geochemical and microbial processes in lightless icy environments, especially at subzero temperatures, has been mostly unknown up until now. This work expands our understanding of the types of life that can survive in these isolated, cryoecosystems and how different strategies may be used to exist in such challenging environments."

Despite the very cold, dark and isolated nature of the habitat, the report finds that the brine harbors a surprisingly diverse and abundant assemblage of bacteria that survive without a present-day source of energy from the sun. Previous studies of Lake Vida dating back to 1996 indicate that the brine and its' inhabitants have been isolated from outside influences for more than 3,000 years.

Murray and her co-authors and collaborators, including the project's principal investigator Dr. Peter Doran of the University of Illinois at Chicago, developed stringent protocols and specialized equipment for their 2005 and 2010 field campaigns to sample the lake brine while avoiding contaminating the pristine ecosystem.

To sample the unique environment researchers worked under secure, sterile tents on the lake's surface to keep the site and equipment clean as they drilled ice cores, collected samples of the salty brine residing in the lake ice and then assessed the chemical qualities of the water and its potential for harboring and sustaining life, in addition to describing the diversity of the organisms detected.

Geochemical analyses suggest that chemical reactions between the brine and the underlying iron-rich sediments generate nitrous oxide and molecular hydrogen. The latter, in part, may provide the energy needed to support the brine's diverse microbial life.

"It's plausible that a life-supporting energy source exists solely from the chemical reaction between anoxic salt water and the rock," explained Fritsen, a systems microbial ecologist and Research Professor in DRI's Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences.

"If that's the case," echoed Murray. "This gives us an entirely new framework for thinking of how life can be supported in cryoecosystems on earth and in other icy worlds of the universe."

Murray added further research is currently under way to analyze the abiotic, chemical interactions between the Lake Vida brine and the sediment, in addition to investigating the microbial community by using different genome sequencing approaches. The results could help explain the potential for life in other salty, cryogenic environments beyond Earth.

The Lake Vida brine also represents a cryoecosystem that is a suitable and accessible analog for the soils, sediments, wetlands, and lakes underlying the Antarctic ice sheet that other polar researchers are just now beginning to explore.

###

The funding for this research was supported jointly by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

About the Desert Research Institute:

DRI, the nonprofit research campus of the Nevada System of Higher Education, strives to be the world leader in environmental sciences through the application of knowledge and technologies to improve people's lives throughout Nevada and the world.

All DRI news releases available at: http://news.dri.edu/

Additional Details:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

Article #12-08607 - "Microbial Life at -13 C in the Brine of an Ice-Sealed Antarctic Lake," by Alison E. Murray et al.

More information on the Lake Vida project can be found online at: http://www.dri.edu/lake-vida

Photographs and Video available:

Field Work including the ice core drilling process, Antarctic expedition, ice cores, and Lake Vida research team members.

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Here's more proof that tablet market share stats you see are either bogus or totally irrelevant.

IBM released its Thanksgiving and Black Friday report on mobile shopping, and the iPad completely dominates.

In the chart below, you can see the iPad represented 88.3 percent of all tablet shopping on Black Friday and Thanksgiving. It was also 9.3 percent of all mobile shopping. The iPhone was 8.7 percent in mobile, while Android was just 5.5 percent in mobile. (Add it up, and you have the iOS at 18 percent of mobile shopping versus 5.5% for Android.)

IBM's data comes from tracking online retailers with its Digital Analytics Benchmark product. These stats come from tracking, apparel, department stores, health and beauty, and home good, says IBM.

These numbers are particularly interesting because at the start of the month, IDC said Apple only had 50% of the tablet market. Samsung, Amazon, and Asus were supposedly eating Apple's share.

Those IDC numbers seem a lot more hollow now. Perhaps all those other companies are shipping lots of tablets, but they're not being bought and used by consumers.

Apple's CEO Tim Cook has long been skeptical of market share stats. When Apple announced the iPhone 5, he said the iPad had 92% of tablet web traffic, adding, "I don't know what these other tablets are doing. They must be in warehouses or store shelves or maybe in people's bottom drawer."

In other words, maybe tablets are being shipping, but not used.

This IBM data is also points to a bigger picture with Apple and Android market share. Android may be winning the market share battle, but it's losing the battle to be the platform. Apple is still being used more by people, which is what matters for developers and for companies.

Via: Fortune

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If you want to learn a new language then getting a good software tool to do so is probably your best bet.? I suggest to most people that they look into getting something like Rosetta Stone.? However, if you can?t afford Rosetta Stone, there are a few other options for you.? I suggest to most people that they look into getting a good program such as Rocket Languages.? At our website about language learning software we discuss how Rocket Languages can be really helpful in terms of immersing the student in the language that they are trying to learn and memorize.

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tarnish barrera: The Importance of Editing Film and TV Production ...

To the uninitiated, editing may look like a monotonous task that is both mentally as well as physically taxing.

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In fact, the film editor has the job identical to a cook.

The importance of editing dates back ages, chronicled in the book "The Technique Of Film And Video Editing" by Ken Dancyger. It upholds some of the finest examples of editing imparting the narrative of the film through silent shots, music and jump shots involving ordinary objects. Alfred Hitchcock's filmmaking (in films like 'Vertigo' and 'The Man Who Knew Too Much') is considered to have some of the finest editing work by the erstwhile standards, and can easily exemplify why editing is considered so integral to the success of a film or TV production.

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In the earlier ages, editing was physically done, with the help of mechanical equipment that sliced, spliced and appropriately put together 'linearly' edited reels. The digital revolution and technological advances like the Firewire have magically simplified the post-production process. With software applications like Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro and Windows Movie Maker, editing is not restricted to professionally trained editors and apprentices. The ease of use and interactive applications has made it possible for film students, amateurs and one-time users to edit their own film or video productions.

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The advent of computers has also allowed editors to enhance the creativity of their work. Unlike the mechanical equipment which was used on the original reel and did not warrant a liberal creative license or room for error to the editor, digital editing offers a huge scope for improvisation. The latter has opened up avenues for experimentation, much better treatment and quick editing procedures. Off late, films have been centered on editing and the whole post-production process, rather than the filming of the same. Recent examples can include 'The Lord of the Rings Trilogy' and 'Avatar', the latter incidentally being the highest revenue-grossing films of all time!

With technology advancing in the speed of light-years, editing in film and TV production has gained a pivotal role. And every filmmaking unit, irrespective of size, style, location or budget, has already acknowledged the same!

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Judges at the International Criminal?Court have picked a Kenyan lawyer?to represent victims of Post-Election?Violence in one of the two Kenyan cases?at The Hague.

The Trial Chamber picked former?Lead Counsel for United Nations?International Criminal Tribunal for

Rwanda, Wilfred Nderitu as the new?common representatives for victims.

The new Kenyan lawyer replaces?Sureta Chana in the case facing Eldoret?North MP William Ruto and radio?journalist Joshua arap Sang. In their?decision, the judges said Nderitu has?relevant experience for the ?position.?

?The Chamber notes that Mr Nderitu?has direct relevant experience for?the position, including familiarity with?international criminal law practice,?knowledge of Kenya, familiarity with?the case and experience in interacting?with victims, including in the context?of the post-election violence in Kenya,??reported the bench.

The judges noted that the court?had sent a request for expression of?interest in the position that was sent?to all lawyers on the Registry list of?counsel and also to the Law Society of?Kenya.

Alumnus of UoN?Nderitu is a former Chair of the?Governing Council of the Kenyan Section?of the International Commission?of Jurists (ICJ).

The alumnus of University of Nairobi?Law School has also served as?Duty Counsel with the International?Criminal Court tasked with ensuring?the observance of the rights of a potential?witness during investigations.?As a Duty Counsel at the ICC,?Nderitu served in the case of the prosecutor?against Ugandan warlord Joseph?Kony.

Chana who represented the victims?during the pre-trial stage had emerged?the best in the interviews that were?conducted by the registry of the ICC.

She was unwilling to relocate to?Kenya, a mandatory requirement that?had been set by the trial judges, which?led to the termination of her appointment.?However, one of the three Judges,?Eboe-Osuji, a Nigerian dissented?in the ruling, but the majority view?prevailed.

Important role?

?The Chamber reiterates that it?considers this requirement (to be?based in Kenya) to be very important?to the overall functionality of the role?envisaged for the common legal representative?in the new system established?by the Chamber in its Decision,??ICC noted.

The court insisted that representation?in the best interest of the victims?would in many cases require that the?common legal representative be in the?field attending to the interests of victims,?while court proceedings are in?progress.

In an earlier application to the?judges, Chana had rejected the idea?of having a common legal representative?practising in Kenya arguing that?external pressure would undermine?their duties.

She told the judges that external?pressures would be more easily?brought to bear on a lawyer who is a?practitioner in Kenya and whose practice?in the country would potentially?be threatened by those with ?nfluence.

However, the judges in their decision?noted that Nderitu fulfils all the?criteria set out in the decision and is?willing to maintain an on-going presence?in Kenya as was required.?They said that a victim should benefit?from the highest quality representation?possible, generally or in the?courtroom.

They said that when the common?legal representative is out of court?meeting the victims, he would be represented?by members of the Office of?Public Counsel for victims.

However, they insisted that the?common legal representative should?be able to appear in person upon request?and at critical junctures involving?victims? interests.

The court is now finalising everything?in readiness for trial proceedings?that kicks off in April next year.?The case against Ruto and Sang?begins on April 10, while the trial of?Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta?and former head of Public Service?Francis Muthaura begins on April 11

Source: http://kenyapolitical.blogspot.com/2012/11/icc-picks-kenyan-lawyer-wilfred-nderitu.html

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