U.S. Dispatches Aid For Philippine Typhoon Recovery

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MANILA, Philippines -- MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A US military plane carrying relief supplies and a contingent of Marines has left the Philippine capital en route to the country's typhoon-devastated eastern seaboard.

The C-130 left Manila's Vilamor air base on Monday loaded with bottled water, generators wrapped in plastic, a forklift and two trucks.

It was the first American relief flight to the region, where thousands are feared dead and tens of thousands more homeless as a result of Friday's typhoon.

The flight was headed for Tacloban, a city badly hit by the storm and in desperate need of assistance.

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Texas And 5 Other States Resist Processing Benefits For Gay Couples

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On the morning of Sept. 3, the first day the Pentagon said they could, Alicia Butler and her spouse, Judith Chedville, who is a Texas Army National Guard officer, went to Austin’s Camp Mabry so Ms. Butler could get a military spouse identification card and register for the same federal marriage benefits provided to wives and husbands of heterosexual service members.

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Cory Booker Goes To Washington A Celebrity And Senator

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WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — When the U.S. Senate passed a bill to ban job discrimination against gay and transgender people, its newest member's first impulse was to yell with joy. Then he remembered where he was.

Instead, Cory Booker reached into his pocket for his phone.

"I got it all out via Twitter," said Booker, who has 1.4 million followers.

Booker, the 44-year-old Democratic former mayor of Newark, N.J., came into Congress as a rare freshman senator with celebrity status. He has been dubbed a rock star mayor by Oprah Winfrey, been called a hero for pulling a neighbor out of her burning home in 2012 and hobnobbed with Matt Damon.

During his first week in Congress, Booker tried to balance immersion in his new job with already standing out from his 99 colleagues on the staid Senate floor. Booker allowed The Associated Press to shadow his comings and goings.

"The model I've encouraged him to follow is Al Franken or Hillary Clinton," said Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, a Democrat and a friend of Booker's. "People who came to the Senate with big national profiles but demonstrated a willingness to do the work, dig in, go visit every corner of their state and really focus on home-state interests."

Coons came into the Senate after a special election in 2010. He is helping Booker, who also won a special election, navigate and knows what it's like to start the job with no orientation and a skeleton staff.

After a swearing-in Oct. 31 filled with media and supporters, Booker has mostly stayed out of the spotlight. He's studying the minutiae of Senate rules and has attended multitudes of meetings. He has worked out at the Senate gym to meet colleagues and attended a bipartisan prayer breakfast.

Known for his soaring oratory and confidence, he is now listening and asking questions, sometimes seeming overwhelmed or confused — and showing glimmers of his cheeky sense of humor amid the business of the day.

In his first committee hearing Wednesday, he joked that "I still have that new senator smell" after telling the leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency that higher flood insurance rates would devastate parts of New Jersey.

He asked Vice President Joe Biden if he could crash on his couch. And he answered a Twitter question about his thoughts on workplace romances with: "Don't! Especially if u have 99 colleagues in 1 of the world's most august bodies."

He went to the White House twice. He joined a group of Democratic senators Wednesday and, hours after being sworn in, had a private visit with President Barack Obama.

"There was a guy with a football, and I grabbed it, and the president and I had a little catch," said Booker, who played football at Stanford. Obama, he said, complimented his spiral.

Booker was the first to arrive at a Democratic caucus lunch Tuesday, piling his plate with greens and vegetables. He peeled plastic wrap off of a bowl of dressing as Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu arrived. The two headed toward the back of the room and sat down.

"Sen. Menendez came in and said, 'That's my seat.' And of course I panicked," Booker said. "At first I'm like, 'Oh my God, did I really sit in his seat?' And another senator came in and tried to play the same trick on me."

Booker and his mother, Carolyn, met privately with Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. Booker's father, Cary, suffered a stroke in August shortly after moving to Las Vegas and days before Booker's Democratic primary. Reid visited his bedside, and when he died Oct. 10, Reid reached out to Booker and his family.

In many ways, Booker is just another guy getting used to a new job — learning the rules and his colleagues, just as they've all had to do at some point.

He took his first vote minutes after being sworn in and thought votes were cast by pushing a button or pulling a lever. Instead, he learned, "you raise your hand." On one vote, Booker missed his name while chatting with colleagues and flagged down the Senate clerk, voting yes with a thumbs-up.

He brought a congressional directory Thursday morning and watched each speaker intently, occasionally flipping through to match a senator with a photo. He is also learning how to navigate the labyrinth that is the Capitol and its office buildings.

"Is this the way home?" he asked his chief of staff as the two traversed the Senate basement.

He said he plans to advocate for New Jersey residents, hoping to ensure they receive unclaimed earned-income credits and helping victims of Superstorm Sandy. He met with an ethics officer to see how he can leverage private-public partnerships for New Jersey, as he did in Newark — most famously with a $100 million donation from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to the city schools.

And though he's been minding his manners, he's still the same Cory Booker. A stalwart supporter of gay rights, he finally let out that yell upon walking into his office after the job discrimination vote.

"Call everybody in New Jersey," Booker said to his staff, "and tell them we're one step closer to an equal nation."

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Will Blackmon Touchdown: Jaguars CB Helps Seal Team's 1st Win Of Season With Fumble Return TD (VIDEO)

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Down 22-20 with 3:13 left in the game, Tennessee had a chance to deny Jacksonville of its first win of the season. That's when Jaguars cornerback Will Blackmon stepped in.

Titans back-up quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick dropped back on 3rd and 9 but immediately faced pressure. Blackmon got around the offensive line, took the ball out of Fitzpatrick's hands and returned it 21 yards for a touchdown.

The Titans scored in the final minute, but it wasn't enough as the Jaguars won their first game of the season, 29-27

“We have the ability. When we do the things we can control, it’s cool when it comes together," Blackmon said after the game, per Hays Carlyon of the Florida Times-Union

ALSO: PHOTOS FROM NFL'S WEEK 10

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NEW ORLEANS, LA - NOVEMBER 10: Drew Brees #9 of the New Orleans Saints congratulates Darren Sproles #43 following a touchdown during a game against the Dallas Cowboys at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on November 10, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

In this photograph taken with a fisheye lens, a United States flag covers the field at MetLife Stadium as the New York Giants observe the NFL's Salute to Service before a football game between the Giants and the Oakland Raiders, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Paul Kazdan)

St. Louis Rams wide receiver Tavon Austin celebrates a touchdown against the Indianapolis Colts during the first half of an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

A man enjoys a beer while watching the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013 in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Houston Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson, left, makes a touchdown catch as Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson defends during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning fumbles as he is hit by San Diego Chargers outside linebacker Tourek Williams during the third quarter of a NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in San Diego. The Chargers recovered the fumble and scored a touchdown a few plays later. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

Detroit Lions defensive tackle Nick Fairley (98) celebrates after making a tackle against Chicago Bears during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Chicago. The Lions won 21-19. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green reaches for a bobbled ball for a touchdown to tie the game as Baltimore Ravens cornerback Corey Graham looks during the second half of a NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green (18) celebrates his touchdown with teammate wide receiver Mohamed Sanu during the second half of a NFL football game in Baltimore, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. Green grabbed a bobbled ball in the end zone to tie the game and send it into overtime. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Atlanta Falcons cheerleaders wearing Digital Camouflage uniforms in Salute to Service perform during the first half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck fumbles as he's hit by St. Louis Rams defensive end Robert Quinn being blocked by tackle Anthony Castonzo during the first half of an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The Rams recovered and ran in for a touchdown. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) is sacked by San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks (55) during the first quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo sits on the bench in the second half of an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

NEW ORLEANS, LA - NOVEMBER 10: Fans pose before a game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome between the New Orleans Saints and the Dallas Cowboys on November 10, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Indianapolis Colts wide receiver David Reed reaches into the end zone for an apparent touchdown after loosing his helmet under St. Louis Rams cornerback Trumaine Johnson during the second half of an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. It was ruled a touchdown on the field but reversed on review. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall (15) makes a touchdown reception against Detroit Lions cornerback Darius Slay during the first half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton passes the ball during the first half of a NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)

Buffalo Bills' EJ Manuel passes during the first half of an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew (32) gets past Tennessee Titans defenders Karl Klug (97) and Jurrell Casey (99) to score a touchdown on a 6-yard run in the first quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

NEW ORLEANS, LA - NOVEMBER 10: Quarterback Drew Brees #9 of the New Orleans Saints takes the field before a game against the Dallas Cowboys at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on November 10, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco reacts to tight end Dallas Clark touch down catch during the first half of a NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Baltimore, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch (24) runs into Atlanta Falcons cornerback Asante Samuel (22) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Denver Broncos tight end Julius Thomas crosses the goal line ahead of San Diego Chargers strong safety Marcus Gilchrist with an 85 yard touchdown reception in the first quarter of an NFL football game Sunday Nov. 10, 2013 in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

NEW ORLEANS, LA - NOVEMBER 10: Jeff Heath #38 of the Dallas Cowboys breaks up a pass intended for Lance Moore #16 of the New Orleans Saints during a game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on November 10, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) works against the Atlanta Falcons during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Indianapolis Colts outside linebacker Robert Mathis, left, and nose tackle Aubrayo Franklin sit on the bench in the final minutes of the second half of an NFL football game against the St. Louis Rams in Indianapolis, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The Rams defeated the Colts 38-8. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Chad Henne hands the ball off to running back Maurice Jones-Drew (32) in the first quarter of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. Jones-Drew scored a touchdown on the play with a 6-yard run. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Golden Tate (81) runs as Atlanta Falcons middle linebacker Omar Gaither (53) hits the turf during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Jacksonville Jaguars' LaRoy Reynolds (56) and J. T. Thomas (52) celebrate as they leave the field after they defeated the Tennessee Titans 29-27 in an NFL football game on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) is sacked by Oakland Raiders outside linebacker Sio Moore (55) and defensive end Jason Hunter (93) during the first half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith can't hang onto a pass under pressure from Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Terence Newman (23) during the first half of a NFL football game in Baltimore, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Green Bay Packers' Datone Jones tackles Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Chicago Bears defensive end David Bass (91) and teammates warm up near a goal post commemorating the NFL's "Salute to Service" before a football game against the Detroit Lions, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

New York Giants guard David Diehl (66) gestures toward the crowd as he and teammates leave the field after warming up before an NFL football game against the Oakland Raiders, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Green Bay Packers' Clay Matthews wears a club on his hand during the first half of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)

NEW ORLEANS, LA - NOVEMBER 10: New Orleans Saints cheerleaders perform before a game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome between the New Orleans Saints and the Dallas Cowboys on November 10, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Pittsburgh Steelers' Ryan Clark runs onto the field before an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers scrambles away from the Denver Broncos defense in the first quarter of an NFL football game Sunday Nov. 10, 2013 in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck throws against the St. Louis Rams during the first half of an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Detroit Lions wide receiver Kris Durham (18) makes a touchdown reception during the first half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Carolina Panthers' Steve Smith, right, is tackled by San Francisco 49ers' NaVorro Bowman (53) during the third quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Green Bay Packers' Andrew Quarless is tripped up by Philadelphia Eagles' Roc Carmichael (21) after a catch during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)

Indianapolis Colts cornerback Cassius Vaughn (32) recovers a fumble between \teammate strong safety Antoine Bethea, right, and St. Louis Rams tight end Jared Cook during the first half of an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Atlanta Falcons outside linebacker Joplo Bartu (59) hits Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Pittsburgh Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger passes during the first half of an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Indianapolis Colts cornerback Cassius Vaughn, left, celebrates with teammate defensive end Ricky Jean Francois after recovering a fumble by the St. Louis Rams during the first half of an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Green Bay Packers quarterback Scott Tolzien takes a snap during the first half of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Green Bay, Wis. Tolzien replaced an injured Seneca Wallace. (AP Photo/Tom Lynn)

Chicago Bears wide receiver Alshon Jeffery (17) trips over Detroit Lions safety Louis Delmas (26) after making a reception during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (2) works against the Seattle Seahawks during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) is sacked by Oakland Raiders outside linebacker Sio Moore (55) and defensive end Jason Hunter (93) during the first half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

St. Louis Rams wide receiver Tavon Austin (11) jumps into the arms of tackle Jake Long as he celebrates a touchdown against the Indianapolis Colts during the first half of an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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Jonathan Martin's Threatening Text Message To Richie Incognito Was This Meme, Claims His Lawyer

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Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito (68) and tackle Jonathan Martin (71) stand on the field during practice in Davie, Fla. on July 24, 2013.

Attempting to provide context for his treatment of teammate Jonathan Martin, Richie Incognito claimed he also received a threatening text message. The suspended Miami Dolphins guard made this revelation when he sat down with Jay Glazer of FOX Sports to discuss the Dolphins' bullying scandal involving him and Martin. A second-year offensive tackle, Martin abruptly left the Dolphins on Oct. 28 to receive treatment for emotional distress. Incognito, once named the NFL's dirtiest player in a poll of his peers, was subsequently suspended by the Dolphins on Nov. 2 for unspecified misconduct related to alleged mistreatment of Martin.

"People don't know how John and I communicate to one another," Incognito explained to Glazer. "For instance, a week before this went down, Jonathan Martin texts me on my phone: 'I will murder your whole effing family.' Now, did I think Jonathan Martin was going to murder my family? Not one bit. I knew it was coming from a brother. I knew it was coming from a friend. I knew it was coming from a teammate."

Hours after the interview aired on FOX on Sunday afternoon, David Cornwell, an attorney for Martin, shared a profane Internet meme featuring a smiling woman and a dog on Twitter and indicated this was the message that Incognito mentioned to Glazer.

WARNING: Image Below Contains Strong Language

JMart's text 2 Richie Incognito. U decide..... pic.twitter.com/IrgdNnhGe2

— David Cornwell (@wmdavidcornwell) November 10, 2013

Is that what viewers had in mind as Incognito recalled the text message?

Incognito referenced the text from Martin when asked about the threatening voice and text messages he had reportedly sent that included racial slurs. Speaking with Glazer, Incognito confirmed leaving the following voicemail for Martin, who is bi-racial.

“Hey, wassup, you half n—– piece of [expletive] . . . I saw you on Twitter, you been training ten weeks. [I want to] [expletive] in your [expletive] mouth. [I'm going to] slap your [expletive] mouth. [I'm going to] slap your real mother across the face (laughter). [Expletive] you, you’re still a rookie. I’ll kill you.”

Although he did expressed embarrassment over the voicemail, Incognito cited the text from Martin as evidence that both players traded similar threats in jest. He portrayed a locker room culture where such language was acceptable.

"When I see that voicemail, when I see those words come across the screen, I'm embarrassed by it," Incognito said after he was presented with a transcript of the offensive voicemail he left for Martin. "I'm embarrassed by my actions. But what I want people to know is, the way Jonathan and the rest of the offensive line and how our teammates, how we communicate it's vulgar. It's not right."

[H/T Deadspin]

LSU Fan Acts Like A Dinosaur On National TV

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A Lousiana State University student acted like a dinosaur on national television this weekend.

After a touchdown in the LSU game against Alabama, CBS cameras switched to a celebrating Tigers fan section and slowly focused on engineering student Caleb Bates. He wasn't cheering, he was just pretending to be a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

We're guessing this is one of the ways Bates strives to serve as a "role model for students in every aspect of University life," per his LinkedIn page.

It was inevitable that people would begin making .GIFs of Bates' dinosaur imitation spliced with footage from "Jurassic Park."

Now, of course, Bates is milking his new reputation as a faux-dino.

Tried to get out of bed this morning but my tiny arms were making it really difficult.

— Caleb Bates (@calebates) November 10, 2013

You're gonna hear me rrroooo oh oh oh oh oh a or!

— Caleb Bates (@calebates) November 10, 2013

Apparently no one told Bates it wasn't possible for him to a dinosaur.

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Ben Roethlisberger Denies Trade Rumors: 'I Don't Know Where That Came From'

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger isn't going anywhere. Not if he has anything to say about it.

The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback called a report he may seek a trade in the offseason "ridiculous."

NFL.com reported early Sunday the Steelers expected Roethlisberger to ask the team to explore trade options in the offseason. Roethlisberger's agent, Ryan Tollner, called the speculation "completely wrong" and added the 31-year-old quarterback is "100 percent committed to winning a championship with the Steelers."

Roethlisberger went even further after passing for 204 yards with a touchdown and an interception in a 23-10 win over Buffalo on Sunday.

"I don't know where that came from," he said. "It is one of the most (untrue) stories that I've ever heard of. I've always said that I want to be a Steeler for life. I love it here. I'm happy here."

The report called Roethlisberger "very frustrated" by his team's ugly start. The Steelers improved to 3-6 after drumming the Bills, but still remain well out of the mix in the AFC North.

Roethlisberger, who has won two Super Bowls in 10 seasons, agreed he's "unhappy" when Pittsburgh fails to produce, but welcomed his share of the blame. Roethlisberger and offensive coordinator Todd Haley have struggled to communicate at times since Haley was hired nearly two years ago. The quarterback and the coach have spent much of the season trying to find common ground.

Steelers president Art Rooney II added "the Pittsburgh Steelers have not explored trading quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and have no plans to do so."

Roethlisberger's current contract will expire at the end of the 2015 season. He is due a base salary of $12.1 million next season, with a salary cap number of nearly $19 million. That alone would could make it difficult for the Steelers to move Roethlisberger even if there was interest.

Apparently, there's not. Tollner said Roethlisberger's roots are "firmly" planted in western Pennsylvania. Roethlisberger and his wife are expecting their second child next spring.

"I'm a Pittsburgher," Roethlisberger said. "I've told people that. I'm so proud to raise my kids here. I want to finish my career here, however long that is. I don't want to play for anybody else. This is it for me."

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'Science Selfies' Spotlight Scientists, Geeks Doing What They Love Best (PHOTOS)

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Science is all around us, and nearly everyone can get involved -- from conducting a critical lab experiment to strolling through a natural history museum to simply browsing through a book on the Big Bang.

Whether you're a science nerd or a Nobel-prize winning scientist, we wanted to highlight YOU doing or simply enjoying science. So we asked readers to share their "science selfies" -- and here are our favorites. Click through and see if you can spot the girl who caught a bat... or the guy holding a real human brain!

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"Catching crayfish in Scotland."

"For all of my fellow bird nerds out there!"

"When our scientists' hands are busy with science, they get some help with their #scienceselfies." Here, physicist Farid El Gabaly aligns a battery electrode sample for analysis with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Celebrating Halloween at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, CA.

Junior high students experiment with fire in science class.

"I analyzed assimilable organic carbon in drinking water samples! "

A behind-the-scenes look into a quarantine area!

Posing like Einstein at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, CA.

"This is how I spend my holidays, in Costa Rica catching bats +beach time in between!"

"Spent a day doing field work electrofishing for research! A brook trout we caught!"

"Me doing a basic drug extraction!!!"

"Medicine is a science, and therefore I present Jack Sexton, CRNA!"

"Talkin bout autopsies all day."

"Nearby and in the distance exploration. Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. ? Carl Sagan." Taken at the Liberty Science Center.

"Love my job." At the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.

"Data data data data data today's data data data."

"My kiddos a few years back @ Spark!Lab in DC."

"This #realtimechem video summarizes a standard day in a synth chem lab."

"Oh hi I just extracted a human brain."

"Inside a faraday cage with a human brain."

This is what a lot of science actually looks like... "Reading/correcting the Methods chapter of my student's PhD thesis."

"Imaging my cells on the fluorescent microscope."

"This weekend was spent playing with crayfish and an ROV. The ROV before use."

Taken at the Washington University in St. Louis: "@WUSTLdbbs and @WUSTLmedschool have lots of #scienceselfies."

"I'm a bookworm, a scientist, and world traveler."

In a science classroom.

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Peter Pilotto For Target Is The Best News We've Heard All Week

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Best news out of London Fashion Week so far? Peter Pilotto is partnering with Target!

That's right, the London-based design house used its Spring 2014 runway show this afternoon to drop the news that it's designing a line to be sold across the US and Canada at Target. The collection, which will feature women's apparel, accessories and swimwear, will debut Feb. 9th, 2014, and be mostly priced under $60.

Yup, you're going to want to queue up early for this one, folks. Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos, the brand's designers, have mastered the art of printed, daring silhouettes and have landed the likes of Kerry Washington, Miranda Kerr and Selena Gomez on best-dressed lists. We can't wait to see what the duo dreams up for Target's spring line, since, unlike their usual pricey fare, we'll actually be able to afford these pieces. (If we have any more money left after purchasing the fall Phillip Lim for Target line, that is.)

And don't think Peter Pilotto's forgotten its international customers; a handful of the pieces will be available on Net-A-Porter.com. So get ready to fight your way through the Target aisles -- or the e-commerce sphere -- come February.

See some stars in Peter Pilotto to get an idea of the brand's aesthetic:

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Space Tourist Dennis Tito On Using Bathroom In Space: 'I Hadn't Had Toilet Training In 60 Years'

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NEW YORK – As microgravity makes even the most mundane tasks tricky, going to the bathroom in space can be a chore. How astronauts take care of that basic human necessity while in orbit has been a point of perennial fascination for the Earth-bound public.

For a moment during a Sept. 4 talk here at the Explorers Club, two of the world's first space tourists who paid their way to the International Space Station traded stories about their space toilet training, or actually the lack of training.

The Explorers Club was holding an event with former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott and his son, gaming legend Richard Garriott, perhaps best known for creating the Ultima role-playing series. They are the only American father-son team to have both gone to space. [Photos: Space Tourist Richard Garriott, an Astronaut Legacy]

While Owen Garriott flew with NASA aboard U.S. space station Skylab and the space shuttle Columbia, his son became a spaceflyer in his own right in 2008 after using his gaming fortune to buy a multimillion-dollar ticket to the space station aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule.

Adventurer and journalist Jim Clash interviewed the duo in front of a small audience and afterwards gave the night's first question to another private spaceflyer in the room: American businessman Dennis Tito.

A longtime space enthusiast, Tito made his millions in the world of finance, but was once an engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Widely considered the first space tourist, Tito paid the Russians a reported $20 million for his 2001 flight to the space station.

The younger Garriott earlier in the night said he used to look at Tito and think, "That's the guy that got my seat!" Garriott's long-held aspirations to go to space — first dashed when he learned his eyesight was below NASA standards — had to be postponed for a few years after his wealth took a hit in the dot-com crash.

A view of the toilet compartment in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS).

Tito stood up to ask his question and paused before saying, "One experience that people always ask me about is, 'How do you go to the bathroom in space?'"

As the audience laughed, Owen Garriott jumped in to add: "Elementary school children, usually."

But Tito continued, saying that despite his eight months of training with the Russians, he wasn't all that prepared to go the bathroom in space.

"I guess the Russians really don't like to talk about these things — they have funny attitudes," Tito said. "So I got on board the station and the first thing that happened was Jim Voss, an American astronaut, gave me toilet trailing."

"Now, I hadn't had toilet training in 60 years," Tito added. "So I was wondering, did you get toilet training on the ground?"

Richard Garriott, who trained with the Russians, too, corroborated Tito's story.

"It is hilarious because every other system — everything except the toilet — you use the exact hardware you will use in space on the ground," Garriott said.

Garriott said he had a cheat sheet for which switches to turn on for when he needed to use the space commode, the toilet does not work the same way as it does on the ground.

"Gravity's actually really important for how to separate yourself from your waste and there's no discussion of that," Garriott said.

Richard Garriott as seen in "Man on a Mission," a film by Mike Woolf.

His father chimed in to give a perspective from the U.S. side, and discussed his training with NASA ahead of his 60-day stint in space during the Skylab 3 mission in 1973.

"We did receive proper training," the elder Garriott said. "For urination it's a very simple thing ... Urination is not a problem. Defecation is what you're concerned about."

Garriott said the Skylab astronauts used a simulator toilet mounted over a camera so that they could check their positioning on the ground before using the commode in space. All three Skylab crews out also brought home all of their waste to be examined by scientists, Garriott added, remarking that they never had a single toilet failure while in flight.

"One thing NASA did right," he quipped.

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NBC, CBS Retract Identity Of Navy Yard Shooter

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NBC and CBS were forced to retract initial reports about the identity of the shooter responsible for the deaths and injuries at the Navy Yard in Washington on Monday.

Both networks identified the same man as the shooter, and then had to walk those reports back:

BREAKING. @johnmillercbs advises the initial reports identifying the suspected shooter as Rollie Chance are wrong.

— Charlie Kaye (@CharlieKayeCBS) September 16, 2013

NBC News: we are now NOT reporting name of shooter; retracting that report. deleting those tweets

— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) September 16, 2013

NBC's Pete Williams said the error came from sources who found an ID card that looked like the suspected gunman:

.@PeteWilliamsNBC says name circulating "is not the shooter," but the name of a man who dropped ID card. #NavyYardShooting

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) September 16, 2013

The false reports were perhaps the most prominent errors in a day filled with confusing and contradictory information.

The shooter was later identified as Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old from Fort Worth, Texas.

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The Republican Plot To Kill Obamacare -- New York Magazine

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New York:

The Republican party has voted unanimously against establishing the Affordable Care Act in the Senate and then in the House of Representatives, then voted some 40 times to repeal or cripple it; it has mounted a nearly successful campaign to nullify it through the courts and a failed presidential campaign that promised to repeal it; and it has used its control of state governments to block the law's implementation across vast swaths of the country, at enormous economic cost to those states. Yet somehow, in the wake of all this, the party is consumed with the question Have we done enough to stop Obamacare?

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Getting Off A Train Is Better When Greeted By This Friendly Russian Boy (VIDEO)

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This Russian kid doesn't know any of these people, but that doesn't stop him from greeting every single one of them as they leave the train, and it's pretty cute. He definitely has a future as a politician.

But, uh, what's with that shirtless guy?

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A Lot Of People Are Very Upset That An Indian-American Woman Won The Miss America Pageant

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Sunday night Nina Davuluri, Miss New York, was crowned the winner the 2014 Miss America Pageant. She is the first contestant of Indian descent to be crowned Miss America.

When her win was announced, Twitter immediately exploded with hateful tweets, with people calling her Arab.

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Lawrence Rothman's '#1 All Time Low' Video Is The Creepiest Thing You'll See Today

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Lawrence Rothman doesn't do everything the same way you do things. In the video for his lead single, "Montauk Fling," Rothman dressed himself as Elizabeth Taylor and seduced himself in a hotel room, and he returns with the haunting visuals for "#1 All Time Low" -- premiering exclusively on HuffPost Entertainment.

In the new dystopian video, a battered and bruised Rothman meanders through various scenes of a certain type of hell that make the grislier scenes in "Trainspotting" look like "Smurfs 2." Blood, dirty bathwater -- it's all there. David Bowie favorite Floria Sigismondi directed the video for the song.

"What I try to do during the 14 to 17 hours that i'm awake, and are participating in this rat race, is aim to experience shit that blows my mind and rattles the mundane cage of cynical normalcy," Rothman said. "Why? So that when I finally get chewed up and spit out on the other end I can say, 'Fuck it, that was great, those where the days of my life. This idea is the theme of my music."

"This video to cut to the chase, as everyone including myself, attention spam is about as long as a gif," he adds. "It's about me trying to do away with my adult jaded, cynical, self and push through a rebirth of sorts or a actually a reintroduction to my inner 'tween spirit' -- the part of me that doesn't give a fuck and goes with the flow, like when you're a kid and your parents are having a bitch-fest, but it doesn't phase you because you're too enthralled with building LEGO city."

Take a look below and let us know what you think in the comments. Viewer discretion is advised. Select tour dates follow.

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James Franco Gay Jokes During Comedy Central's Roast Discussed On 'The Rubin Report'

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Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" took Comedy Central to task over the barrage of gay jokes directed at James Franco during its roast of the Academy Award-nominated actor earlier this month. (WARNING: contains graphic language)

Joining Rubin were comedian Erin Foley and producer Jayar Jackson, both of whom were critical of the event.

"This was just was another example of what happens in comedy clubs across the country -- it's just stupid straight dudes making stupid gay jokes," Foley said. "They don't know James Franco ... honestly, it's absolutely ridiculous."

Jackson minced even fewer words, noting, "Call it a written sh*t talk night rather than a roast."

For his part, Franco doesn't seem to mind the gay speculation. Last week, he told The Daily Beast: "I don’t even care if people think I’m gay, so it was like, 'Awesome!' I mean, I wish I was. … I wish I was gay."

For more on "The Rubin Report," click here.

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Joe Biden Addresses Navy Yard Shooting

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SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Vice President Joe Biden says a shooting Monday at the Washington Navy Yard is a "God-awful reminder" of the need for Americans to stay vigilant.

He says he's confident the nation will get to the bottom of the situation.

Biden says the situation is still unfolding, but that his heart and sorrow goes out to all those affected. He says the tragedy is almost unthinkable.

The shooting rampage in the heart of a U.S. Navy left at least 12 people dead. One shooter was killed, but police were looking for one other possible gunman.

Biden spoke at a port in Savannah during an event highlighting the need to invest in U.S. infrastructure. He was being briefed Monday by his national security team as he visited South Carolina and Georgia.

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Looking For The Bed Of Your Dreams? Think Outside The Box Spring With These Fanciful Roosts

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We all know a bed should be comfortable. But there's something else a bed should be: welcoming. At the end of a long day, when you walk into your bedroom, your heartbeat should slow as you look at this refuge from a fast-paced world. Maybe I expect too much from my bed; but, unless you're an insomniac, one-third of every day is spent in it. It should be calmingly pretty. Maybe even pretty outrageously cool, pulling you onto it, like a magic carpet ride into your dreams. At least, that's what the following beds do for their owners.

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How World Bank Plans To Eliminate Extreme Poverty, Boost Incomes Of Poorest By 2030

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By Anna Yukhananov

WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The World Bank, faced with a tight budget and greater competition for development funds, aims to become more selective in its lending, focusing on fragile states, sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and other areas where it can have the greatest impact, according to a draft strategy paper obtained by Reuters.

The 42-page paper, presented to the bank's executive board last week, is the first major strategic review under World Bank President Jim Yong Kim.

It offers the first concrete details of how the World Bank plans to fulfill his twin goals of eliminating extreme poverty by 2030 and boosting the incomes of the poorest 40 percent of the population in each country.

However, the strategy paper is still vague about what exact programs the bank will cut or bolster, and how it will change its budget to reflect new priorities and falling revenue.

When asked for comment, World Bank spokesman David Theis declined to elaborate further on the plan.

Founded after World War II to help rebuild Europe, the World Bank later focused on lending money to developing countries in order to improve the lives of poor people.

The global lender is praised for its worldwide reach, stringent standards and long-term focus. But it has also been criticized for avoiding risks, delaying approval of projects, not responding enough to what countries want, and focusing more on pushing money out the door rather than program outcomes.

Kim, who came to the helm of the multilateral development institution a little over a year ago, has launched a major reorganization to change all that, driving an emphasis on flexibility, measurable impact, and evidence, or what he calls "the science of delivery."

The draft strategy acknowledges the World Bank has become less important to the growth of many middle-income countries, which can rely more on private funding and bilateral loans from emerging markets like China.

The World Bank also admits it has limited funds to tackle the needs of the developing world, where new infrastructure projects alone will require $1.5 trillion in funding a year.

Instead, the World Bank wants to reposition itself as a "solutions" bank, offering not only financing but also its knowledge of how to solve common development challenges.

"The World Bank Group's role in knowledge, convening and global advocacy has increased relative to its role in providing finance," the paper said.

Keeping the bank relevant means focusing on areas where other donors are reluctant to go, such as fragile and conflict-affected states, by 2015 home to half of the world's poorest people.

The World Bank said it also plans to use its projects and global presence to share data and promote better policies in areas like climate change.

To help address countries' needs and better coordinate development policies, the bank also plans to work more closely with other development agencies like the United Nations and with philanthropic organizations.

And it wants to promote more private-public partnerships for basic services like health, education and housing - to the consternation of some non-profit organizations that argue such programs have mixed records for helping the poor.

BUDGET CUTS

As part of the new strategy, the World Bank also plans to make some cuts to its budget. Operating in fragile states, collecting data to measure countries' progress, and ensuring a global presence have strained the bank's administrative funds.

And less lending to middle-income or stable countries also means less revenue, as the bank has made money from interest-bearing loans.

"Maintaining a minimum scale of operations is important if the World Bank Group is to influence the policy agenda and support clients in delivering effective development solutions," the paper said.

"Although the World Bank Group does not face immediate financial concerns, its financial capacity will need to be strengthened," the paper added.

The bank said it will have to be selective in what it does and make cuts to certain programs, without specifying further. It is also considering relying more on fees for advisory services and on money from trust funds, or earmarked funds from governments for specific projects.

Trust funds already account for one of every 10 dollars the bank disburses to governments, according to the paper.

The new budget will be implemented for the next fiscal year, which begins in July 2014, and may be one of the thorniest issues for the bank to resolve as it decides which departments and programs must shrink.

Changing the bank's internal culture may also pose a threat to the success of the new strategy, according to several outside analysts who reviewed the paper.

Part of the new focus means integrating the work of the bank with the activities of its private sector lending arm, the International Finance Corporation, and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, which insures investments in difficult environments.

The three agencies work with different clients and may have different approaches to specific projects, creating conflicts of interest.

The details of how the bank will change its internal organization to align with the new strategy will be presented later in an "Implementation Paper."

For now, the draft strategy will go to the governments of the World Bank's members for approval, before being formally presented during the annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in early October. (Reporting by Anna Yukhananov; Editing by Andrea Ricci)

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Kelly Rowland Works On Her Ab-Fab Fitness

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Kelly Rowland has one of the most enviable sets of abs in Tinseltown.

The singer, who made a body-baring splash on this month's cover of Shape, showed how she carves those muscles.

It's all thanks to trainer Jeanette Jenkins! Rowland says the trainer's star plank (which she easily executed above) is one of her favorite moves from Jenkins' latest video.

"The Hollywood Trainer" definitely gets the Destiny's Child diva's seal of approval -- the two teamed up for a workout DVD, "Sexy Abs Cardio Sculpt," which will be released Oct. 1.

Those abs are enough "Motivation" for us. We're sold, Kelly!

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Thousands Cited For Having Pot On Federal Land

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TACOMA, Wash. -- Karen Strand didn't think she'd get in trouble for having a small container of medical marijuana when she went hiking in Olympic National Park this summer.

President Barack Obama, she remembered, had said the federal government had "bigger fish to fry" than people who follow state marijuana laws, and Washington state had just legalized pot.

But a ranger pulled her over on a remote gravel road, and Strand wound up as one of at least 27,700 people cited for having pot on federal land since 2009, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal court data. The number of citations is small compared to the hundreds of millions of visitors to national parks, forests and monuments each year.

But it nevertheless illustrates one of the many issues Washington, Colorado and other states face in complying with last month's Justice Department memo that requires them to address eight federal law enforcement priorities if they want to regulate marijuana. Among those priorities is keeping marijuana use and possession off federal property.

State officials have no plans to license pot gardens or stores on federal land, but beyond that, they say, it's not clear what they can do to discourage backpackers or campers from bringing a few joints into Rocky Mountain or Mount Rainier National Park.

"It's not one of the big topics we've talked a lot about," said Jaime Smith, a spokeswoman for Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.

Other concerns on the DOJ's list include keeping marijuana away from kids and cartels, preventing drugged driving and pot-related gun violence, and keeping unregulated marijuana grows from spoiling federal land.

Thousands of people receive tickets every year charging them with having pot on U.S. property – a federal misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months in jail and a $5,000 fine. The charges typically don't result in jail time, but often do require at least one court appearance. They are frequently negotiated down to an infraction, akin to a traffic ticket, and a fine of up to a few hundred dollars.

Through the first seven months of this year, at least 146 people had been cited in Washington for having pot on federal land, which makes up nearly one-third of the state. At least 135 had been cited in Colorado. Washington's figure is slightly below the same period for the past few years, while Colorado's is roughly on track.

The number of people cited nationally has dropped, from 6,282 in 2009 to 5,772 in 2012, and is on pace to hit about 5,300 this year, according to data from the U.S. Courts Central Violations Bureau. The citations were issued at national parks, seashores, forests, military bases and monuments. There were even 10 tickets issued at the Pentagon.

Officials say the actual numbers are likely greater: Park rangers and other federal agents sometimes simply write on the ticket that the offender had a controlled substance, without specifying the drug.

Defendants say being prosecuted for having tiny amounts of pot on U.S. land – especially in Washington, Colorado and states with medical marijuana laws – belies the administration's assertions that going after people who comply with state marijuana laws is not a priority. The DOJ first announced that position in a 2009 memo, though the fine print also made clear that pot isn't welcome on federal property.

Strand, 36, was pulled over for having a broken taillight, and the ranger reported that he could smell fresh pot. She was ticketed for having 2 grams – far less than the ounce, or 28 grams, allowed by Washington's recreational pot law, or the 24 ounces allowed by the state's medical marijuana law.

"It is exceptionally confusing," she said.

One morning this month, Strand sat in a small, crowded room at the federal courthouse in Tacoma for her initial appearance on charges of marijuana possession and drug paraphernalia – a pipe.

Near her sat her husband as well as several other people caught with weed on federal land, including a 21-year-old man who was accused of having 0.1 grams during a traffic stop on a highway that skirts Mount Rainier National Park.

"I just thought it was legal now," Jonah Hunt said. "I didn't know I was on federal land."

Barbara Sievers, the assistant U.S. attorney handling the cases, informed the defendants their charges would not be dismissed.

"Regardless of whatever happened in the state, it's federal law, and it's federal property," she said.

Former school teacher Melanie Cease, of Seattle, said a park ranger approached her one day in June at a secluded campsite in Olympic National Park. He came to make sure her dog was on a leash, but then saw an empty pipe on the picnic table.

With his hand on his gun, she said, the ranger demanded she turn over whatever pot she had. Cease, 48, was cited for having a "trace amount," according to the ranger's report.

"I've never been arrested in my life, and now I'm being threatened with six months in jail and a $5,000 fine for using my medicine?" she said. "It was my understanding the government was not going to mess with individual patients."

Strand and Cease both pleaded not guilty, and their cases were set for trial in October.

Strand and her husband, Thomas, said they remain troubled by what they said felt like harassment from the park ranger. He repeatedly placed his hand on his gun when speaking to them, they said.

"It's a beautiful place up there," Thomas Strand said. "And I don't know if I'll ever go back."

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Health Care Polls Find Obamacare Unpopular On Eve Of Rollout

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The Affordable Care Act is more unpopular than ever, with those who disapprove divided over whether the law should be reformed or scrapped, according to a Pew Research/USA Today poll released Monday.

Forty-two percent of Americans approved of the law, while 53 percent disapproved. That's the highest rate of disapproval that Pew has found since the law's passage in 2010. Attitudes among the uninsured were somewhat more positive, with 49 percent approving and 46 percent disapproving.

An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, also released Monday, found similar opposition, with 44 percent of Americans calling the health care law a bad idea and 31 percent calling it a good idea. NBC posted a range of respondents' explanations for their opinions, from fears about "death panels" and rising costs, to happiness that preexisting conditions are covered and young adults can be covered by their parents' insurance.

HuffPost Pollster's average of all available public polls puts disapproval of Obamacare at about 53 percent.

In the Pew survey, those who disapproved of the health care law split on what lawmakers should do next: 27 percent of all respondents said lawmakers should try to make Obamacare work as well as possible, and 23 percent said they seek to make it fail.

"This strategic question is a particular point of conflict within the Republican Party," the Pew report says. Republicans as a whole were just slightly more likely to want the law to fail than to want it improved, while 64 percent of tea party Republicans wanted the law to fail.

Americans were almost evenly split on which party they trusted more to handle health care. Forty percent said they believe the Republican Party would do a better job dealing with health care, while 39 percent preferred the Democrats. It's the first time a Pew poll has found the GOP ahead on health care since at least 1990. While the size of Democrats' edge has varied widely in the past, a December 2012 poll put them 10 points ahead of Republicans on the issue.

More than three years after the Affordable Care Act was passed, 34 percent still said they didn't have a good understanding of how the law affects them. Just 51 percent knew that a health insurance exchange will be available in their state. Awareness of the exchanges was significantly higher in states that chose to run their own exchanges or partner with the federal government than in states where the exchanges will be run by the federal government.

The NBC/WSJ poll similarly found that only 30 percent said they understand the health care law "very well" or "pretty well."

"As it turns out, that 30 percent has more positive opinions about the health-care law (42 percent good idea, 45 percent bad idea), versus the 34 percent who don't understand it very well (17 percent good idea, 44 percent bad idea)," NBC's Mark Murray wrote.

The Pew/USA Today poll surveyed 1,504 adults between Sept. 4 and Sept. 8, while the NBC/WSJ poll surveyed 1,000 adults between Sept. 5 and Sept. 8. Both used live telephone interviews.

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Le ministère de la Justice recrute par le biais d’un concours des conseillers pénitentiaires d’insertion et de probation (CPIP)

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Vous êtes titulaire d’un BAC+2.
Vous êtes de nationalité française.
Vous souhaitez contribuer à la réinsertion des personnes détenues.
Vous avez le sens de l’écoute et la capacité de mener des entretiens.
Vous savez communiquer et vous faire comprendre.
Vous aimez travailler en équipe et avez un esprit de synthèse.
Vous êtes rigoureux et savez rendre compte à différents interlocuteurs (supérieur hiérarchique, magistrat).
Vous avez le sens de l’initiative et avez envie de mettre en place des projets de réinsertion avec des partenaires extérieurs.

Les conseillers pénitentiaires d'insertion et de probation (CPIP) prennent en charge les personnes confiées par les autorités judiciaires. Ils interviennent aussi bien en établissement pénitentiaire qu’en milieu ouvert. Ils ont pour mission d’évaluer et mettre en place un suivi adapté pour chaque personne condamnée ou prévenue. Ils aident à la décision judiciaire et à l’individualisation des peines notamment grâce aux aménagements de peine. Ils aident les personnes détenues à préparer leur sortie de prison et leur réinsertion sociale. Ils suivent et contrôlent le respect des obligations imposées aux condamnées à des mesures autres que l’emprisonnement (sursis avec mise à l’épreuve, travail d’intérêt général, libération conditionnelle, surveillance électronique).  

Deux épreuves écrites d'admissibilité : une composition portant sur un sujet d’ordre général relatif à l’évolution politique, économique et sociale de la France contemporaine,une épreuve de note de synthèse à partir d'un dossier portant sur les libertés publiques ou les problématiques liées à la justice.Une épreuve orale d'admission :
Cette épreuve consiste en un entretien avec le jury visant à apprécier la personnalité, les aptitudes et les motivations du candidat à exercer les fonctions de CPIP en milieu pénitentiaire à partir d’un sujet tiré au sort portant sur un programme de connaissances générales.

Dates d’inscription : du 4 septembre au 4 novembre 2013 minuit, heure de Paris.
Epreuves écrites d’admissibilité : les 14 et 15 janvier 2014.
Stage de découverte du métier de CPIP (réservé aux candidats admissibles) : du 22 au 25 avril 2014.
Epreuves d’admission : du 12 mai au 13 juin 2014.

Publié le 16 September 2013

Le ministère de la Justice recrute par le biais d’un concours des surveillants pénitentiaires

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Fonctionnaires de catégorie C.

Vous avez entre 19 et 40 ans, êtes titulaire au minimum du brevet des collèges (ou titre équivalent) et êtes de nationalité française.
Vous aimez travailler en équipe sous la responsabilité d’un supérieur hiérarchique.
Vous maîtrisez bien la langue française et êtes capable de communiquer à l’écrit et à l’oral notamment en situation de crise.
Vous savez gérer vos émotions dans un univers carcéral.
Vous êtes motivés et disposez idéalement déjà d’une première expérience professionnelle (pas obligatoire).

Le surveillant prend en charge les personnes détenues, en assurent la garde et participent à la mission de réinsertion des personnes placées sous main de justice. 

Le concours se déroule en 2 étapes : L’épreuve écrite d'admissibilité dure 3 heures et consiste en une série de questions de raisonnement logique, une série de questions à choix multiples de culture générale et la rédaction d’un compte rendu d’événement ou d’incident à partir d’un ou plusieurs documents.L’épreuve orale d'admission dure 20 minutes maximum.Selon le choix du candidat au moment de son inscription, cette épreuve consiste en
- un entretien de personnalité portant sur son aptitude à exercer les fonctions de surveillant et ses motivations
ou
- la présentation des acquis de son expérience professionnelle dès lors qu’il dispose d’une expérience professionnelle minimale de trois ans.

Inscription du 4 septembre au 2 décembre 2013 minuit, heure de Paris.
Epreuves écrites d’admissibilité : le 12 février 2014.
Epreuves d’admission : les 29 et 30 avril 2014 et du 5 mai au 6 juin 2014.

Publié le 16 September 2013

La profession de designer emballage

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Le métier de designer textile

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Le designer textile intervient en amont du travail du styliste. Il conçoit ou crée des textures, des gammes de tissus, des motifs ou des illustrations qui apparaissent sur les vêtements, les accessoires, le linge de maison, le papier peint...

Avant de démarrer la phase de conception, il est nécessaire au designer textile d’analyser de près les produits et les marchés existants. Le designer textile doit être au fait des tendances artistiques et de consommation. L’analyse de la concurrence internationale est primordiale dans ce métier. Enfin, la connaissance des résultats des collections précédentes est également très utile au designer textile pour démarrer la création d’une nouvelle collection (création de modèles, plan de collection, produits phares,…).
Le designer textile a ensuite en charge la gestion de la collection (étapes, calendrier, rétroplanning,…). Il s’occupe également de la validation et du lancement des prototypes jusqu’à leur mise en fabrication.
C’est à lui que revient de présenter la collection aux clients mais aussi dans les salons ou show room.
Il suit et participe à la mise en œuvre de la collection en liaison avec le marketing et/ou les achats. Enfin, il s’occupe de la veille et de la recherche technologique et créative, il est à l’affût des nouvelles matières et des nouveaux procédés technologiques.

Pour exercer le métier, il faut posséder des bonnes connaissances en : outils de conception assistée par ordinateur ou de dessin (CAO/DAO),dessin,procédés de fabrication textile (filature, tissage, ennoblissement,...),matières textiles.Il doit avoir un vrai sens de la communication pour entretenir de bonnes relations avec les acteurs de la création textile et habillement (confection), parler une ou plusieurs langues (anglais, italien, etc.), connaître les techniques marketing.
Il doit pouvoir réunir les compétences de conception, travailler en groupe projet, être ouvert aux évolutions et aux échanges internationaux pour faire face à la concurrence.

Il existe un bon nombre de formations dont : Diplôme de designer textile de l'ANAT (Atelier National d'Art Textile)Diplôme de l'ENSAD (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, option vêtement)Diplôme supérieur d'Arts Décoratifs ; options : objet et communication visuelle, conception d'objets en bois, métal, verre, terre, bijou, livre, textileDSAA créateur concepteur textileDSAA mode et environnementDEA, DESS, diplôme national supérieur d'expression plastique (DNSEP)DNSEP option design textileDESS mode et création.

Le salaire d’embauche dans les bureaux est généralement compris entre 1 200 et 1 500 euros par mois.

Aujourd’hui le textile français connaît quelques déconvenues : concurrence des tissus étrangers, des textiles issus des recherches technologiques... Les débouchés sont rares pour les designers textiles, ce qui pousse la plupart des créateurs textiles à travailler en free-lance, démarchant d’eux-mêmes les entreprises et les bureaux de style. Les meilleurs, dotés d’un diplôme d’école d’arts appliqués ou des arts décoratifs, réussissent parfois à décrocher un poste fixe. 

Publié le 13 September 2013

Le métier de designer numérique

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Parmi les nouveaux métiers du design industriel, il en est un que les entreprises recherchent de plus en plus, celui de designer numérique, encore appelé « designer d’interactivité ».

L'ère numérique modifie notre rapport aux objets et à leur fabrication. Cette nouvelle ère a un impact sur le rôle et le travail du designer, sur la conception et l'offre des produits.
On peut définir les objets « connectés » comme une hybridation de produits, de services, de réseaux, d'usages que l'on trouve sous des formes autant immatérielles (web, logiciel, système de communication...) que matérielles (téléphone, ordinateur, télévision, futurs objets « connectés » de la vie quotidienne).

Ce nouveau design s'inscrit dans les enjeux majeurs de la conception de services comme créer de la simplicité, du désir, de l'appropriation... Le designer réfléchit à la relation entre l'objet, l'électronique qu'il contient et l'écran avec lequel il communique. Un objet contemporain réussi est une synthèse d'éléments physiques (le boîtier du smartphone, par exemple), numériques (l'écran tactile) et de services (les applications). L'interface est un enjeu de création et de différenciation, indissociable du produit dans son ensemble.

Le designer numérique définit la forme et le comportement des produits et des services numériques.
Il est le designer industriel du domaine numérique.

Son travail consiste en la création de produits (sites web, logiciels, objets interactifs,…) ou de services multimédias, en y intégrant du texte, des images, des sons. Il élabore le contenu et la présentation de ces produits ou services, établit la charte graphique et choisit les solutions techniques adaptées.
On l’aura compris, le designer numérique doit jongler entre différentes activités : il s’occupe du design de produit (son aspect), du design d’interface (c’est-à-dire son fonctionnement) et de la conception de l’information ainsi que de son architecture.

Le designer doit répondre à la fois aux besoins des utilisateurs et aux objectifs commerciaux. Il travaille alors avec les équipes de marketing et le chef de produit. Pour mener à bien son travail, il collabore également avec des personnes aux compétences transversales telles que des auteurs, des graphistes, des développeurs, des webdesigners,…

Le designer numérique peut exercer : en agence de designen indépendanten bureau intégré à une entrepriseen service Recherche & Développement.

Le designer numérique, comme tout designer, doit savoir dessiner, esquisser.
Il doit posséder de solides connaissances en sciences humaines et comportementales (ergonomie, sciences cognitives, psychologie, sociologie,…).

Pour exercer ce métier, il est nécessaire de maîtriser les outils de : design visuel d’interface (Illustrator, Photoshop)prototypage d’interfaces (Processing, Flash, visual Basic, HTML, etc…)scénarisation d’interfacesmaquettage web (bon niveau en HTML, CSS, JavaScript)développement web : PHP, MySQLPar ailleurs, il doit être en capacité de comprendre les spécificités des interfaces Web, mobiles et natives.

Le designer numérique doit posséder les qualités suivantes : la créativitéle sens de l’observationla rigueurla réactivitéla force de propositionle sens de la communication (qualités relationnelles)le goût pour le travail en équipe.

Pour exercer ce métier, il existe toute une palette de formation allant du BTS à bac +5. Au niveau bac +2, le BTS communication visuelle, option multimédia et le DUT services et réseaux de communication sont une bonne voie pour débuter.
Cependant, pour pouvoir faire carrière dans ce métier, il est plus que recommandé de posséder un diplôme de niveau Bac+5, obtenu à l’ENSCI (Ecole nationale supérieure de création industrielle), dans une école d’art (arts appliqués, ESDI, Arts Déco, Boulle, etc.…) ou de suivre une formation dans une école de design.

Le salaire dépend de la taille de l’entreprise et du poste occupé. La fourchette se situe entre 1 500 et 2 500 € bruts mensuels pour un débutant.
Pour un designer numérique indépendant, le salaire mensuel dépend des commandes faites par les clients.

Le numérique prenant de plus en plus de place dans notre société, les marchés sont plus prometteurs mais en contrepartie les employeurs demandent des employées très qualifiés.
Avec de l’expérience, le designer numérique peut prétendre à un poste de chef de projet. Il supervisera alors la réalisation du programme du début jusqu’à la fin. Il peut aussi se spécialiser dans un produit (CD, site internet,…).
Le designer numérique a aussi la possibilité de créer sa propre entreprise.

Publié le 12 September 2013

Family Sphere : 5000 postes à pourvoir dès septembre

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Family Sphere est un réseau leader dans la garde d'enfants à domicile, spécialistes de la petite enfance.

Family Sphere recrute tous profils, étudiants, seniors. 5000 postes sont à pourvoir dès septembre.

Il faut aimer le contact avec les enfants, être autonome pour proposer des activités variées, apprécier le contact privilégié qu'on peut développer avec les parents. 

Les agences Family Sphere proposent des prestations de garde d’enfant (de 0 à 12 ans) ainsi que d’autres services d’aide à domicile tels que l’aide aux devoirs, le soutien scolaire, l’accompagnement des enfants dans leurs activités extra scolaires, les promenades en plein air, la préparation des repas etc.
C’est un réseau de plus de 90 agences franchisées réparties dans l'hexagone.

En raison des horaires recherchés par les familles, ces postes peuvent correspondre à des personnes en recherche de complément d’activité ainsi que des étudiants et des retraités, particulièrement en zones urbaines.
En revanche, en dehors des grandes agglomérations, les personnes recherchées doivent disposer d’un véhicule.  Leur mission consiste à prendre en charge les enfants dès leur sortie de l’école en garde périscolaire.
Cela représente généralement un nombre d’heures plus faible que sur un autre type de mission.
Ces postes sont une opportunité pour des personnes disposant d’une activité à temps partiel, par exemple dans une fonction liée au secteur de l’aide à l’enfance (assistante de vie scolaire) et qui recherchent un complément d’heures.
Il est souhaité que ces intervenants aient de l'expérience dans leur domaine et soient en majorité titulaires de diplômes tels que l'AFPS (Attestation de Formation aux Premiers Secours), ou le BAFA (Brevet d'Aptitude aux Fonctions d'Animateur).

Les profils professionnels de la Petite Enfance disposant d’un BEP ou d’un CAP Petite Enfance sont systématiquement sélectionnés pour intervenir auprès des enfants de moins de 3 ans sur des activités généralement à temps plein.

Prise en charge de la comptabilité des succursales du Groupe Family Sphère. C’est un poste à mi-temps prés de Reims. Family Sphere recrute des professeurs de toutes matières confondues ainsi que des profils dans le secteur des Ressources Humaines et du Commerce.  Publié le 11 septembre 2013

Le métier de designer graphique

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Créatif, à l’affût des dernières tendances et possédant un bon coup de crayon, le designer graphique associe son sens artistique aux techniques commerciales et marketing afin de mieux séduire les consommateurs.

Le graphisme est omniprésent dans notre quotidien à travers le marketing, la publicité, l’édition, la presse, la communication d’entreprise… Il y a toujours de nouveaux produits et services qui ont besoin de designers graphiques pour se faire connaître.

Le mot « graphiste » est de moins en moins utilisé. On lui préfère le terme de « designer graphique » entre autres parce que le mot « design » est compris au niveau international et parce qu’il englobe toutes les composantes du métier. Par ailleurs, le graphisme et le design sont imbriqués. Aujourd’hui le designer graphique n’est plus « enfermé » dans un médium spécifique. Il peut en effet être amené à travailler pour des supports papier et/ou numériques.

Le designer graphique est l’interlocuteur central de la chaîne graphique (conception et création, exécution et impression), à l’écoute du client qui peut être une entreprise, une institution ou encore une collectivité territoriale.
Il étudie le cahier des charges et propose des solutions créatives qui répondent aux contraintes économiques qui lui sont imposées.
Il est le concepteur visuel des solutions de communication : il intervient dans l’élaboration des supports de communication variés (identité graphiques d’une entreprise ou d’un produit, affiches, livres, revues, brochures…)

Dans une agence de publicité importante, par exemple, son travail réside surtout dans l'élaboration du concept. Cette phase se déroule sous la supervision d'un directeur artistique et en collaboration avec un rédacteur.

Dans une petite structure, le travail du designer graphique ne s’arrête pas à trouver une idée. Le designer graphique participe au montage de la page à l'écran, à la photogravure, à la numérisation, mais aussi à l'incorporation des textes et des images, à la sélection des couleurs... Il contrôle et valide les opérations de flashage, la réalisation des films et des épreuves. Enfin, il assure le suivi de l'impression.

Pour trouver l'idée, esquisses et croquis sont essentiels pour le designer graphique. Il doit donc savoir dessiner et manier de nombreux codes visuels (langage des couleurs, typographie...). Ensuite, il doit faire appel à ses compétences techniques : une excellente connaissance des procédés de fabrication et d'impression et la maîtrise des logiciels spécialisés tels Illustrator, Photoshop ou XPress, se révèlent indispensables.

Un designer graphique doit posséder les qualités suivantes : la curiosité : le designer graphique doit s’intéresser à tout ce qui l’entoure pour puiser son inspirationune excellente culture générale : expositions, séances de cinéma ou encore magasins… doivent être ses lieux de prédilectionl’ouverture d’esprit : elle facilite l’adaptation à toutes sortes de commandesun savoir-faire relationnel : le sens de la communication aide à dialoguer avec les clients et à défendre ses positionsde la souplesse et une forte personnalité : le designer graphique doit savoir s’adapter à ses clients tout en sachant défendre ses positions.Mieux vaut également posséder des notions de gestion et de marketing, notamment pour les free-lances qui démarchent les entreprises pour vendre leur expertise.

Les formations techniques et artistiques de designer graphique se font principalement par le biais de BTS et de diplômes d'écoles d'art. Du côté des écoles, on distingue les diplômes des écoles nationales, régionales et municipales des beaux-arts (DNAT : diplôme national d’arts techniques et DNSEP : Diplôme national supérieur d’expression plastique) de ceux des écoles nationales supérieures d'art (DSAA : Diplôme supérieur d’arts appliqués) et des écoles d'art reconnues (par exemple l'ENSAD, Estienne, les Gobelins...). L'université propose aussi quelques formations professionnalisées.

Niveau bac + 2
BTS expression visuelle, option espaces de communicationBTS communication visuelle, options graphisme édition publicité ; multimédia.Niveau bac + 3
Diplôme national d'art et technique (DNAT) option design graphiqueLicences professionnelle arts, sciences humaines et sociales, activités culturelles et artistiques, spécialité communication visuelleNiveau bac + 4
Diplôme supérieur d'arts appliqués (DSAA) art et technique de la communication, option création typographique ; créateur concepteur, option communication visuelle ;

Niveau bac + 5 Diplôme national supérieur d'expression plastique (DNSEP), option communication ;Master pro sciences et technologies, mention ingénierie emballage (packaging), spécialité design et graphisme emballage.

Le salaire d’un designer graphique débutant est d’environ 1 500€ brut par mois. Expérimenté et ayant acquis la responsabilité d’un atelier de création, il peut alors gagner entre 2 200 et 2 800€ brut par mois. 

Le marché de l'emploi donne quelques signes de faiblesse, notamment du côté de la publicité. Le développement de la PAO et la réduction des budgets poussent les entreprises à réaliser leurs travaux en interne. Les activités des agences de design restent toutefois soutenues.

Pour débuter, il faut soigner son book (recueil de travaux personnels), qui constitue le meilleur des CV. Le free-lance est souvent un bon tremplin pour démarrer, mais beaucoup de jeunes diplômés commencent en agence comme assistants du directeur artistique, maquettistes ou roughmen (ceux qui crayonnent des esquisses).

Une fois en poste, le designer graphique peut travailler seul ou en groupe au sein d’un studio de création, d’une agence de communication ou dans les services de communication d’entreprises ou d’institutions.
Son champ d’activités est très vaste : il peut être affichiste, typographe, illustrateur, metteur en page, directeur artistique, concepteur d’interface, réalisateur de générique, concepteur d’habillage TV,… Autant de savoir-faire précieux qui sont la garantie d’une future réussite professionnelle.

Publié le 12 septembre 2013

La profession de designer produit

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Circus Next, appel à projets et sessions d'information ....

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Un appel à projets est largement diffusé en Europe pour toucher les artistes de cirque émergents ayant un projet de création.

Les candidatures sont ouvertes jusqu'au 18 octobre 2013 et des sessions d'information sont organisées.

Les artistes concernés remplissent alors un dossier de candidature présentant leur projet et l'adressent à la plateforme CircusNext  avant le 18 octobre 2013.
Le comité de lecture et le jury étant composés d'artistes et professionnels de toute l'Europe, ce formulaire de candidature doit obligatoirement être rempli et déposé en anglais. C

Pout télécharger le Guide de candidature et le dossier de candidature cliquez    ICI

Les prochaines session d'information se dérouleront :

France : Bourg-Saint-Andéol – La Cascade - 14/09 - 14:00 > 17:30

Suède : Stockholm – Subtopia - 18/09 - 17:00 > 19:00

République Tchèque : Prague – Cirqueon - 18/09 dans l'après-midi

France : Paris - Jeunes Talents Cirque Europe en partenariat avec La Villette & l'Académie Fratellini - 20/09 - 15:30 > 17:30

Portugal : Guimar?es – Centro Cultural Vila Flor - 24/09 - 10:00 > 13:00

Croatie : Zagreb – Positive Force - 26/09 - 10:30 > 12:30

France : Strasbourg – Les Migrateurs - 27/09 - 14:00 > 16:00

Les emplois francs

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Le gouvernement a décidé de lancer une expérimentation pour lutter contre le chômage des jeunes des quartiers prioritaires de la politique de la ville et contre les discriminations qu’ils subissent lorsqu’ils recherchent un emploi : les emplois francs.

Pour savoir comment s’applique ce dispositif, en voici les conditions.

Jeunes : qui est concerné ?
Vous devez : Avoir moins de trente ans,Résider depuis au moins six mois consécutifs dans une zone urbaine sensible,Etre en recherche d’emploi au moins douze mois au cours des dix-huit derniers mois,Etre embauché pour un contrat à durée indéterminée à temps plein.
Les agglomérations concernées par l’expérimentation des emplois francs en 2013 sont :
- Amiens
- Clichy-sous-Bois-Montfermeil
- Fort de France - Le Lamentin
- Grenoble - Echirolles, Fontaine, Saint-Martin-D’hères, Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux
- Lille – Roubaix – Croix, Haubourdin, Hem, Loos, Mons-en-Barœul, Seclin, Tourcoing, Wattrelos
- Marseille – La Ciotat
- Perpignan
- Saint Quentin
- Sarcelles – Garges-Lès-Gonesse, Gonesse, Villiers-le-Bel
- Toulouse – Cugnaux

Qui peut vous embaucher en « Emplois francs » ?

L’entreprise doit appartenir au secteur marchand quelque soit le lieu d’implantation pour votre embauche si vous répondez aux conditions d’éligibilité.
L’aide est de 5000 € pour chaque emploi franc en deux versements de 2500 €.
Employeurs, retrouvez ici toutes les informations pour demander l’aide.

Publié le 3 September 2013

Appel à candidatures Talents Musique Jeune Public Adami 2014

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La manifestation Talents Musique Jeune Public concerne l’artiste (ou le groupe) en développement avec une actualité scénique musicale destinée au jeune public : création 2014 ou spectacle crée il y a moins de 2 ans. 

L’artiste-groupe interprète bénéficie d’un environnement professionnel (tourneur, etc).

Il réside en France.

Toutes les expressions artistiques sont éligibles (Chanson, Musique classique, Danse, Théâtre, Cirque, Marionnettes, Ciné-concerts) pourvu que le spectacle soit à dominante musicale et joué en direct sur scène.

 Pièces à fournir avant le 20 octobre2013  :

 - une biographie (word, pdf)
- une (des) photo (s) (jpeg)
- un extrait musical (mp3, 10Mo maxi)
- une vidéo du groupe (fichier vidéo ou liens internet : site, youtube, dailymotion…)
- une revue de presse

Les festivals partenaires choisissent les 2 ou 3 artistes-groupes lauréats lors d’un vote fin novembre 2013.

Les 10 festivals partenaires en 2013 : Festival Tintinnabule (Combs La Ville), festival Petits et Grands (Nantes), festival Puy de Mômes (Cournon d’Auvergne), festival Alors chante (Montauban), festival Ideklic (Moirans en Montagne), festival Bimbadaboum (Suisse), festival Kidzic (Belgique), festi’Coccinelle (Auxon), festiVal-de-Marne et Festival Momix (Kingersheim).

Les candidatures sont à envoyer sur le site d’appel à candidature de l’Association Artistique de l’Adami :  http://talents3a.adami.fr

Les réseaux sociaux de la sphère privée

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Un réseau social est un ensemble d'identités sociales, telles que des individus ou encore des organisations, reliées entre elles par des liens créés lors d'interactions sociales. Il se représente par une structure ou une forme dynamique d'un groupement social. Avec le web 2.0 et l’arrivée des nombreuses plateformes de discussions et d’échanges, vous pouvez maintenant partager votre passion pour l’art, les voyages, le sport, la politique… Petit tour d’horizon de quelques réseaux sociaux à usage non professionnel.

Ils sont nombreux et diversifiés mais voici les principaux à retenir :

Facebook  est un réseau social créé en 2004 par Mark Zuckerberg alors étudiant à l'Université de Cambridge dans le Massachusetts. Au départ, ce réseau social a été conçu comme un outil à l'usage des étudiants. Ces derniers pouvaient y discuter, y développer leur réseau social et mettre ainsi en valeur leur popularité. Rapidement Facebook s'est ouvert à certaines entreprises, puis à toute personne désirant s'inscrire. Aujourd'hui plus d'un demi-milliard d'internautes l'utilisent, ce qui en fait l'un des principaux sites Internet au monde. 1 français sur 3 utilise Facebook (soit 26 millions) et 66% s’y connectent tous les jours selon une étude de Médiamétrie de juillet 2012.
Les fonctions de Facebook se sont enrichies d'année en année. D'un simple outil de communication entre individus permettant de maintenir et de cultiver des relations amicales dans un cadre virtuel, on peut maintenant utiliser ce site pour jouer, pour enrichir ses relations, pour faire part de ses goûts et de ses passions, ou encore pour partager son statut, ses photos, des liens et des vidéos. Facebook est aussi utilisé par les entreprises, les artistes pour leur promotion grâce aux pages fans accessibles à tous.
Pourquoi il faut y être : la communauté est très importante, il est donc très facile d'y retrouver des membres de son entourage. C'est aussi un moyen de communiquer très efficace. 

Myspace met à disposition de ses membres un espace web personnalisé permettant de présenter des informations personnelles et aussi de faire un blog. Ce qui fait aujourd’hui la réputation de MySpace sont les nombreux groupes musicaux qui ont pris possession de cet espace.

Twitter permet le micro blogging. Il sert à envoyer des messages de 140 signes (ou "tweets") aux internautes qui suivent chaque compte : les « followers » ou « abonnés ». Twitter a enregistré une très forte progression et compte 5,2 millions d’abonnés français qui envoient chaque jour 1,5 millions de tweets (source Médiamétrie, juillet 2012). Outre son côté populaire, c’est un lieu d’expression pour les hommes et femmes politiques ainsi que les médias.
Pourquoi il faut y être : pour suivre l'actualité en direct. Twitter permet de publier rapidement l’information. Twitter se positionne comme un « réseau d’experts » diffusant des actualités en continu, à mi chemin entre une plateforme sociale et un média.

Youtube et Dailymotion sont moins « social » et permettent la mise en ligne et le partage de vidéos. Vous y trouverez des vidéos politiques, d’humour, de sport, de musique, de cinéma, d’art etc… Et vous pourrez laisser un commentaire sous chaque vidéo.

FlickR 
Le principe : fondé en 2004, FlickR est un réseau social de photos. Les photographes, professionnels ou amateurs, peuvent y télécharger leurs photos. Les comptes gratuits ne peuvent charger qu'un nombre limité de photos.
Pourquoi il faut y être : FlickR peut servir de portfolio pour les photographes. C'est aussi une incroyable base de données photos grâce aux photos libres de droits.

Instagram 
Le principe : c’est une application et un service de partage de photos et de vidéos disponible sur plates-formes mobiles de type IOS et Android.
Pourquoi il faut y être : cette application permet de partager ses photographies et ses vidéos avec son réseau d'amis, de noter et de laisser des commentaires sur les clichés déposés par les autres utilisateurs. Les applications telles qu'Instagram contribuent à la pratique de la phonéographie, ou photographie avec un téléphone mobile.

Outre les réseaux de rencontre, on trouve de nombreux réseaux dits de « services ».

Ma-residence vous propose d’échanger des bonnes adresses, des services et de parler de vos expériences entre voisins, il en va de même pour Voisineo ou encore Peuplade qui vous relie à votre quartier.

N’oublions pas bien sûr Copains d’avant qui est présent depuis des années et Trombi qui vous permet de voir les têtes d’anciens compagnons de classe !

Voilà, nous avons fait le tour, il ne reste plus qu’à franchir le cap et à vous lancer dans l’aventure ! Vous seriez surpris du nombre d’amis ou de relations qu’on peut retrouver sur ces réseaux sociaux.

Dernier conseil : ne devenez pas paranoïaque avec les histoires de confidentialité, ce qu’il faut c’est savoir bien paramétrer son compte pour que certaines informations ne soient visibles que par vos meilleurs amis ou votre famille.

Publié le 10 July 2013

De l’utilité des réseaux sociaux professionnels

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AppId is over the quota

Apparus au début des années 2000, et initialement dotés de fonctionnalités d'interaction assez basiques, les réseaux sociaux professionnels sont destinés à des usages « pros », tels qu'effectuer du réseautage, chercher un emploi, ou chercher à recruter, rejoindre des groupes de discussion thématiques... 

1) LinkedIn

LinkedIn est un réseau social professionnel en anglais. Il est l'un des leaders sur ce créneau, avec 17 millions d'inscrits début 2008. 40% des inscrits sur LinkedIn ont consulté leur profil au moins une fois par semaine (source Médiamétrie, juillet 2012).

Une des clés pour une utilisation efficace consiste à renseigner de manière aussi complète que possible votre profil (en anglais bien sûr). Vous devez donc remplir un assez long formulaire, en y détaillant notamment vos études et votre expérience professionnelle.

L'objectif consiste à avoir un maximum de contacts (appelés « connexions »), dont via vos amis (d'où les notions de connexions au second degré, au troisième degré...).

Une des finalités de LinkledIn est de rechercher un emploi, des contacts ou des opportunités de business, et d'être recommandé par quelqu'un de votre réseau de contacts. Enfin, les employeurs peuvent y diffuser des offres d'emplois. Depuis peu, vous pouvez d'ailleurs recevoir des listes personnalisées d'offres d'emplois.

Grâce à un partenariat avec l'APEC (Association pour l'emploi des cadres), depuis mars 2008, les utilisateurs de l'APEC peuvent s'inscrire à LinkedIn, y créer un profil, ajouter des contacts, et rechercher des postes, directement à partir du site de l'APEC.

En mars 2008, LinkedIn a aussi lancé des pages de profils de sociétés : elles permettent aux sociétés de se présenter, de connaître les connexions avec les membres de LinkedIn.

Ces pages privées, accessibles aux inscrits, présentent des informations de description de la société. LinkedIn utilisera ces données pour publier aussi les récentes embauches, promotions, et offres d'emplois.

Grâce à une version allégée, LinkedIn est accessible, comme Facebook, depuis un terminal mobile doté d'un navigateur web. Y sont proposés l'essentiel de ses fonctionnalités : consultation du profil, recherche dans la liste de contacts, ou encore historique des modifications effectuées par les membres du réseau.

Depuis un téléphone, il est ainsi possible de contacter une société ou une personne en tapant dans le moteur de recherche son nom ou encore un mot-clé, et l'inviter à rejoindre LinkedIn.

2) Viadeo

Premier réseau social professionnel français, Viadeo (ex-Viaduc) a été co-fondé en 2004 par Dan Serfaty. Il revendique en tout 2 millions de membres. C'est en fait le prolongement d'un club d'entrepreneurs (Agregator), créé en 2000.

Il est maintenant disponible en français, en anglais, en italien, en allemand, en espagnol et en portugais.

Si vous y recherchez un emploi, Viadeo est également implanté en Italie, en Espagne et même en Chine, où il a racheté le site professionnel Tianji.

Une de ses particularités réside dans ses « hubs », sorte de forums de discussion communautaires et thématiques, publics (lisibles par tous les membres de Viadeo) ou privés (réservés à une poignée d'inscrits).

Viadeo propose un service de base gratuit mais, en fait, il faut souscrire au service payant premium pour accéder à la plupart des fonctionnalités (consulter le profil et contacter sans limites les autres membres, partager et échanger sur les hubs, publier ses événements, discuter en temps réel avec les autres membres, voir qui a consulté votre profil...). Par ailleurs, Viadeo vous offre la possibilité de vous abonner à des flux d'informations provenant du site (offres d'emploi, messages hubs, etc.).

Lors de l'inscription, plus encore si vous êtes à la recherche d'un emploi, veillez à soigner votre « profil » et surtout votre « mini-profil », qui s'affiche en haut de la page, et par une recherche par mots-clés. Vous devez vous y présenter en quelques lignes, en allant à l'essentiel. Donc indiquez quel poste vous convoitez si vous êtes candidat actif. Choisissez bien vos mots-clés, essentiels pour être répertorié dans le moteur de recherche. Joindre une photo à votre profil le rendra plus humain.

Depuis mars 2008, Dan Serfati a ajouté un outil de suggestion de contacts, qui permet aux inscrits de retrouver plus facilement, dès la page d'accueil, les personnes qu'ils sont susceptibles de connaître. Un outil de questions-réponses permet à chacun de poser des questions à l'ensemble de la communauté, et tous peuvent répondre.

3) Xing

Créé en 2003 en Allemagne par Lars Hinrichs, Xing est essentiellement utilisé dans son pays d'origine.

Il est disponible en allemand bien sûr, mais aussi dans une quinzaine de langues, dont le français, l'anglais, le suédois, le russe, ou encore le japonais.

Comme pour Viadeo, Xing propose des fonctionnalités de groupes, comme des forums de discussion, mais il faut souscrire à un abonnement premium pour accéder aux fonctions essentielles, comme rechercher des personnes dans des secteurs d'activité précis, ou contacter quelqu'un ne figurant pas dans son réseau. Xing est doté d'un système de communautés privées, service souvent utilisé par les entreprises, qui ont leurs propres interfaces.

En décembre 2007, Xing s'est doté de nouvelles fonctionnalités : la zone « nouveautés de mon réseau » permet à l'utilisateur d'être informé des mises à jour effectuées par ses contacts : profil actualisé, changement de poste ou d'entreprise...

Les utilisateurs peuvent aussi y voir les rendez-vous et les groupes auxquels leurs contacts professionnels participent. Ceux-ci décident d'en informer ou non leurs contacts, via les paramètres de leur sphère privée.

Le texte original de cet article est extrait de Tout sur le web 2.0 (Capucine Cousin, Collection CommentCaMarche.net, Dunod, 2008).