Small explosive found near Brazilian sanctuary before pope's visit

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian police found a small homemade explosive in a parking garage near a Catholic sanctuary in the city of Aparecida where Pope Francis is scheduled to visit later this week, a state news service said on Monday.

The explosive, made with a plastic pipe wrapped in tape, was safely detonated by a police bomb squad.

The device was found in the bathroom of a parking structure in Aparecida, a city in Sao Paulo state whose sanctuary honors the patroness of Brazil, Our Lady of Aparecida. It was unclear if the device was related to the pope's visit.

(Reporting by Bruno Marfinati; Editing by Paul Simao)

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Service celebrates life of slain college student Stephanie Schmidt

Two decades after the death of a Leawood college student, her friends and relatives gathered at a Prairie Village church to celebrate her life.

Stephanie Schmidt was a 19-year-old student at Pittsburg State University in 1992 when co-worker Donald Ray Gideon kidnapped, raped and murdered her.

After Schmidt's death, her parents turned their attention to advocating for victims and spent most of the past 20 years pushing for more stringent laws and longer sentences.

Stephanie's Law, which allows the state to keep certain sex offenders confined to mental facilities after they serve their sentences, was passed in her honor.

Sunday, Schmidt herself was the focus of "Sing Out for Stephanie," aimed at honoring the life of the person she was. She would have celebrated her 40th birthday earlier this month.

"I think the important thing is that we have gone on with our lives. We have her in our lives every day. Stephanie knows we are doing this," said her mother, Peggy Schmidt. "It's a good time and (we're) remembering memories of Stephanie growing up."

Stephanie Schmidt's young nieces attended the celebration, which gave them the chance to understand why she was so special to so many people.

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Drive Assist iPhone App Review: A Truly Stunning Driving App

Tucker Cummings | On 21, Jul 2013

Drive Assist is an iPhone app developed by Woo.Do. This gorgeous app is available for both iPhone and iPad, and it looks stunning on both devices.

What Drive Assist brings to the table is a full-featured toolkit for making your driving experience better. In addition to acting as a navigational service, this beautiful app also works as a speedometer, weather warning system, and music player for your ideal road trip playlists.

One thing that?s awesome about Drive Assist by Wo.Doo is the fact that you can adjust all kinds of parameters and settings to make this app your own. You can adjust the color scheme, as well as toggle between metric and imperial distance measures. There are options for setting a touch autolock, speed alerts, and even a place to enter your odometer readout.

The real high point here is the overall look of Drive Assist. It?s rare to see an app that?s this polished, elegant, and downright sexy. The interface is easy to navigate, and the app is just so graphically superior to any other app in its class.

I?d be hard-pressed to name another navigation app that looks and works as well as this one does. Moreover, Drive Assist really distinguishes itself with an easy-to-read compass, straightforward weather icons, and constant trip timers. The only downside? Being able to see how much of your total travel time was spent moving versus spent sitting in traffic might make you grouchy about rush hour traffic delays.

There isn?t a person in my social circle who doesn?t use their iPhone or iPad behind the wheel. Whether it?s to control music, plan a route, or track driving habits, we all love to use our iDevices within the confines of our car cockpits. This well-rounded app is a stunner for drivers of all ages. For those about to drive, we salute you.

Review Overview

A beautifully designed app that makes your driving experience more lush and enjoyable than ever before.

Source: http://www.tapscape.com/drive-assist-iphone-app-review/

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City Council President Sounds Warning Cry About Philadelphia?s Worker Pension Fund

(Philadelphia City Hall. File photo by Tony Hanson)

By Mike Dunn

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The 2009 one-percent hike in the Philadelphia sales tax was supposed to be temporary, but it?s now permanent as part of the state?s solution to the school district cash crisis.

City Council President Darrell Clarke, though, thinks some of that money should go to prop up the city worker pension fund.

For months all eyes have been focused on the whopping deficits facing the school district, but Council President Darrell Clarke is also worried about the pension fund of city workers, which is sorely underfunded.

?If we don?t fix our local pension problem, we?re going to be looking at a ?School District of Philadelphia? type of (financial) scenario for the city of Philadelphia,? he explained.

Right now the city is using general fund dollars to meet its minimum obligation payments to the pension fund.

Clarke is now floating a plan that would devote about half of the now permanent city sales tax hike to the fund, with the rest going to the schools.

That?s about $70 million a year for the fund, but a big hurdle is still in place; any such change would require approval of the state legislature and governor.

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SbB LIVE FROM LA (Jul 18, 2013 @ 9:26pm ET)

9:00 PM: WAOW has the story of Margaretta Wolf, a 96-year-old grocery store owner in Marshfield, Wisconsin who stood up to a would-be robber that was armed with a knife: "I said you can have all the Tootsie Rolls you want but I am not opening that cash register."

8:45 PM: KDVR has video of the Denver Broncos hosting an exercise boot camp for women at the team's training facility.

8:30 PM: New York Knicks player Amar'e Stoudemire has been asked by Israeli president Shimon Peres to play for Israel's national basketball team. Stoudemire is in the county serving as an assistant coach of Canada's Maccabiah Games team.

8:15 PM: Former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher said on Thursday he wished the team was "more honest" with him in contract talks before he decided to retire. Urlacher added that if the Bears win the Super Bowl without him, "I'd be mad because I wasn't a part of it."

8:00 PM: The Newark Star Ledger reports that due to opposition from neighbors, the New York Jets have withdrawn their application to place a helicopter landing pad at their training facility in Florham Park, New Jersey.

7:45 PM: Lakers player Pau Gasol tweets his welcome to new teammates Jordan Farmar, Wesley Johnson & Nick Young: "Let's get ready for a great season."

7:30 PM: Golden State Warriors owner Peter Guber has been tweeting photos from his visit to the Serengeti in Africa, including his encounters with an elephant and a giraffe.

7:15 PM: Southern Miss has named Bill McGillis as the Golden Eagles' new athletic director. McGillis previously served as executive associate athletic director at South Florida.

7:00 PM: San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks will not face criminal assault charges for allegedly hitting teammate Lamar Divens in the head multiple times with a beer bottle in an incident last month.

6:45 PM: The NFL announces that Indianapolis Colts tight end Weslye Saunders has been suspended for eight games for violating the league's PED policy.

6:30 PM: The Centre Daily Times reports the Penn State Board of Trustees has authorized $60 million to be paid in settlements to victims of convicted child sex abuser Jerry Sandusky. Meanwhile, legal costs for Penn State over the Sandusky scandal have reached $46.8 million.

6:15 PM: Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski reporters former Miami Heat player Mike Miller has cleared amnesty waivers and is now officially a free agent.

6:00 PM: Injured Chicago White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko begins his rehab assignment tonight with the Double-A Birmingham Barons as they face the Chattanooga Lookouts.

5:45 PM: The Biz of Baseball reports the Miami Marlins will host a Legends of Wrestling Night for their August 24 game against the Colorado Rockies. Former WCW & WWE wrestler Bill Goldberg is scheduled to throw out the first pitch.

5:30 PM: Colorado Avalanche center Matt Duchesne tweets a photo of himself signing a new five-year contract extension: "So excited to be part of the Avs future! Love this franchise, team and city, couldn't be happier!"

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BBC promises five new HD channels by early 2014, including News, CBeebies and BBC Four

Not that they weren't pretty excellent already, but some major BBC channels are due to get 1080-line upgrades by early next year. UK viewers will get five new channels in total, with no need for any subscriptions (courtesy of Freeview HD, YouView and Freesat), including BBC News HD, BBC Three HD, BBC Four HD, CBeebies HD and CBBC HD (so long as Mr Tumble can fix his make-up). The programming will match the standard-def counterparts and contribute a promised 250 hours of extra HD content per week. There's also talk of broadcasting regional programs and variants in HD, although that proposal still has to be approved by the BBC Trust and could be a bit further off.

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Facebook Privacy Setting HOAX - Verify Information Before You Share!

There is a thing being shared on facebook that is NOT TRUE and yet it just keeps getting shared. ?I'm so sick of seeing it, I had to share here in an attempt to get the word out and hopefully put this to rest once and for all.

Have you seen this?

Attention friends and family: ?Facebook has changed their privacy settings once more!! Due to the new "graph app" anyone on facebook (including other countries ) can see your pictures, likes & comments. Over the next 2 weeks I will be posting this, and please once you have done it please post DONE!!! Those of you who do not keep my information from going out to the public, I will have to DELETE YOU! I want to stay PRIVATELY connected with you. I post photos of family that I don't want strangers to have access to! This happens when friends click "like" or "comment" automatically -- their friends would see our posts, too. Unfortunately, we cannot change this setting by ourselves because Facebook configured it that way. PLEASE place your mouse over my name above (DO NOT CLICK), a window will appear,now move the mouse on "FRIENDS" (also without clicking), then down to "settings", click here and a list will appear. REMOVE the CHECK on "LIFE EVENTS and "COMMENTS & LIKES". By doing this, my activity among my friends and family will no longer become public. Now, copy & paste this on your wall. Once I see this posted on your page, I will do the same for you. Thank you so very much.

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This is a HOAX! ?Posting this will not protect your privacy. ?Your friends following it's instructions will not help protect your privacy. ?Several of my facebook friends have posted this, and even after I have commented that it's a hoax, other people have commented "done". ?

Following the instructions in the message will do nothing other than stop you from seeing much of what your friends are doing on Facebook and stop them from seeing what you are doing as well. Posting this false and misleading information will do nothing whatsoever to protect your privacy.?

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TEXAS HOUSE PASSES HB 2, PRO-LIFE OMNIBUS BILL

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TEXAS HOUSE PASSES HB 2, PRO-LIFE OMNIBUS BILL?

by: Rep. Springer, Drew

07/09/2013

AUSTIN, TX. ? This evening, the Texas House of Representatives passed HB 2, the Pro-Life omnibus bill aimed at preserving unborn life and improving safety standards for abortion providers in the State of Texas.
HB 2 accomplishes four main goals. It prohibits abortions after 20 weeks, a time at which it has been shown that the fetus can experience pain. It improves women?s healthcare by requiring that abortions, like other similar procedures, to be performed in ambulatory surgical centers which have greater health and safety requirements than current abortion clinics. It requires doctors performing abortions in Texas have credentials for a hospital within 30 miles of where they are performing an abortion. Lastly, it also increases restrictions on abortion inducing drugs.

?I am proud to announce that today we passed HB 2 which will save thousands of unborn lives each year, while at the same time protecting Texas women from the low health and safety standards currently found in clinics,? said Springer.

HB 2 will now move onto third reading before advancing to the Texas Senate where it will go before committee and be debated by the Senate body as a whole.
The Texas Legislature is currently in week two of the second Special Session brought forth by Governor Perry. In addition to considering Pro-Life legislation, both bodies will consider legislation regarding transportation and juvenile criminal justice.

If you have any questions or comments feel free to contact Rep. Springer's Capitol office by phone (512) 463- 0526 or by email Drew.Springer@house.state.tx.us.

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Capitol Address:	District Address:
Room E2.412, Capitol Extension P.O. Box 2910 Austin, TX 78768 (512) 463-0526 (512) 463-1011 Fax	110 W. Main St. Gainesville TX 76240 Phone (940) 665 - 8400

Source: http://www.house.state.tx.us/news/press-releases/?id=4632&session=83&district=68&bill_code=2745

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FOR KIDS: The power of microbes

FOR KIDS: The power of microbes

Bacteria that live in the gut may help define species

By Stephen Ornes

Web edition: July 15, 2013

Bacteria that live in the gut may help define species

By Stephen Ornes

Web edition: July 15, 2013

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This is a jewel wasp. New research suggests its species differs from others not only in its genes, but also in the microbes that live in its gut.

Credit: M.E. Clark/Wikimedia Commons

A living animal is never alone. Its body ? like yours ? is home to trillions of microbes, or tiny single-celled organisms. Those microbes aren?t just hitchhiking. They can play an important role in separating species, researchers now report.

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US gas prices down a penny over past 3 weeks

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) ? The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has dropped a penny over the past three weeks.

The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday says the price of a gallon of regular is $3.59. Midgrade costs an average of $3.77 a gallon, and premium is $3.91.

Diesel remained unchanged at $3.90 gallon.

Of the cities surveyed in the Lower 48 states, Charleston, S.C., has the nation's lowest average price for gas at $3.22. Chicago has the highest at $4.04.

In California, the lowest average price was $3.79 in Sacramento. The highest was in Los Angeles at $4.02. The average statewide for a gallon of regular was $3.95, a decrease of six cents.

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Regulators send Hawaiian Electric back to the drawing board for renewable energy RFP

Hawaii regulators are instructing Hawaiian Electric Co. to bring more clarity and certainty in its draft request for proposals for 200 megawatts or more of renewable energy for Oahu, according to a filing on Thursday with the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission.

The PUC said that the current draft RFP should be updated to eliminate references to Castle & Cooke?s 200 megawatt Lanai wind farm project, which instead will be reviewed in a separate filing.

Additionally, solicitations for proposals for an undersea cable project will be removed from the existing draft RFP, the PUC said.

Instead, the PUC, in a separate filing, plans to investigate whether an undersea cable system to interconnect the Oahu and Maui electrical grids is in the public interest and if so, under what conditions such a grid-tie cable system should be developed, operated and regulated.

The current draft RFP has become overly complex and involves greater elements of uncertainty, and by giving each of the development segments ? potential renewable generation projects, a potential Oahu-Maui interisland undersea cable and a potential Lanai wind project ? a separate path for independent progress, the PUC said that it is looking to reduce the number of variables and complexity

Jeff Mikulina, executive director of the Honolulu-based nonprofit Blue Planet Foundation, said in a statement that ?this is an effort to shake the trees and identify the best available clean energy options for Hawaii.?

He pointed out that instead of requiring an energy developer to propose both a project and a transmission solution, the PUC is opening the door to a greater pool of possibilities.

Duane Shimogawa covers energy, real estate and economic development for Pacific Business News.

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Realty Agent Scammed Friends and Family of ... - AOL Real Estate

A Silicon Valley real estate agent received a 15-year prison sentence this week for using a home-loan Ponzi scheme to scam friends and family out of more than $2 million, which she spent on luxuries such as fancy cars, expensive furniture and designer clothes, reported the San Jose Mercury News.

Jill Marie Silvey, of San Jose, Calif., was facing more than 30 years in prison after being charged with 44 felony counts across 14 fraudulent loans -- as well as charges of elder abuse since some of the victims were past age 65. Her sentence includes paying restitution to her victims.

Prosecutors say the 51-year-old Silvey convinced more than 20 investors to entrust their money to her for loans to homeowners -- in return for monthly interest payments paid by the homeowners. The short-term loans were supposed to be secured by the homes, however, the homeowners never received the loans and did not even know of them. All the transactions were fictitious, as Silvey forged the names of real homeowners to create fake loan documents and deeds.

Victim Michael Levine told KGO-TV in San Francisco that he took out a $120,000 home equity loan and gave the money to Silvey as a short term investment that was supposed to yield a decent interest rate, secured by real property. "She forged notaries, she forged legal documents of properties, she basically just took me for a ride," he said. Other investors paid anywhere from $10,000 to $400,000 over the course of seven years.

Silvey, who still has an active real estate license that will expire in March 2015, according to AOL Real Estate's review of the State of California Bureau of Real Estate records, was arrested in June 2012 at her Mediterranean-style San Jose home that she shared with her husband, Jack. The three-bedroom home on Korhummel Way (see the slideshow below) had been on the market for $849,000 in 2012. But the listing was removed about five weeks later and eventually fell into foreclosure. Then, after a bankruptcy filing, it was sold in a short sale.

News reports say that Silvey remodeled and furnished the 2,819-square-foot home with items bought, unbeknown to her husband, with money from her scheme.

"I've been in Jill's house," victim Kirk Bibb, who attended church with Silvey, was quoted as saying by the Campbell Patch. "She sold us our home. She knew I had a young family. I don't know when she made the choice to make me a victim." The father of first-grade twins who lost $70,000 to Silvey, added: "It was a well-thought-out plan. She didn't get me and my wife. She got my kids."

Deputy District Attorney Kathy Wells said in a news release: ?"The real loss to the victims was the emotional pain they suffered at the hands of Ms. Silvey."

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Blockbuster action movie 'Pacific Rim' to launch at EFC Africa

In a landmark deal, Warner Bros Pictures and Extreme Fighting Championship (EFC) Africa are partnering to promote the latest blockbuster movie 'Pacific Rim' to the Southern African public at EFC Africa 21, taking place on 25 July 2013 at Carnival City.

"This partnership is the first of its kind for combat sports in Africa," says EFC Africa president Cairo Howarth. "Pacific Rim is a great film to partner with, plenty of action, which will appeal to our worldwide, passionate fan base. We're looking forward to taking this concept into the future on many other projects."

The sci-fi action adventure film is directed by Guillermo del Toro and produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures. The film releases on 2 August 2013.

"We are excited about this partnership, as it is the fastest growing sport in Africa and a great platform to showcase the magnitude of the film," says Driki Van Zyl, representative of Warner Bros Pictures. "The synergy between this high-octane blockbuster and the energy of the sport lends itself to a fruitful partnership with mutual benefits for engaging with fans at the live events, on TV, social media and online."

EFC Africa events are broadcast to over 110 countries across the globe on nine television networks in multiple languages. The live broadcast is available to over 130 million homes across Africa on Supersport, the continent's largest sport network, as well as in the US, Canada and the Caribbean on Fight Now! TV, America's only 24-hour combat sports and entertainment channel.

Live broadcasts of every event are available across Romania on free to air broadcaster Transilvania L!VE. Delayed live events are broadcast throughout Malaysia on Max Man TV.

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