Virginia Business - News: 2012 Legal Elite: REAL ESTATE/LAND USE

November 29, 2012 6:00 AM

Steven R. Adcox
Ferguson Enterprises Inc.
Newport News

Michael A. Banzhaf
Reed Smith
Leesburg

Richard K.A. Becker
Hogan Lovells US LLP
McLean

R. Edward Bourdon Jr.
Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy PC
Virginia Beach

James C. Brennan
Reed Smith
Falls Church

Antonio J. Calabrese
Cooley LLP
Reston

John V. Cogbill III
McGuireWoods LLP
Richmond

Thomas J. Colucci
Walsh Colucci Lubeley Emrich & Walsh PC
Arlington

Andrew M. Condlin
Williams Mullen
Richmond

James E. Cornwell Jr.
Sands Anderson PC
Christiansburg

Ann K. Crenshaw
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Richard J. Crouch
Vandeventer Black LLP
Norfolk

Chris Crowe
Lumber Liquidators
Toano

David C. Culbert
David C. Culbert PLC
Leesburg

Paul H. Davenport
Hirschler Fleischer
Richmond

Stephen R. Davis
Willcox Savage
Virginia Beach

Robert L. Dewey
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Robert M. Diamond
Reed Smith LLP
Falls Church

Dorothea W. Dickerman
McGuireWoods LLP
Tysons Corner

Benjamin W. Emerson
Sands Anderson PC
Richmond

Karen C. Fagelson
Reed Smith
Falls Church

David Y. Faggert
Faggert & Frieden PC
Virginia Beach

John W. Farrell
McCandlish & Lillard
Fairfax

William A. Fogarty
Walsh Colucci Lubeley
Emrich & Walsh PC
Arlington

Jonathan A. Frank
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Laura Lee Garrett
Hirschler Fleischer
Richmond

Vernon M. Geddy III
Geddy, Harris, Franck, Hickman LLP
Williamsburg

Paul W. Gerhardt
Kaufman & Canoles
Williamsburg

Maryellen F. Goodlatte
Glenn Feldmann Darby & Goodlatte
Roanoke

Howard E. Gordon
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

Sarah E. Hall
Blankingship & Keith PC
Fairfax

Lisa A. Hawkins
Lenhart Obenshain PC
Harrisonburg

Katja H. Hill
LeClairRyan
Richmond

A. Brooks Hock
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Edward F. Hodges Jr.
Clement & Wheatley
Danville

Carol Crossman Honigberg
Reed Smith
Falls Church

Robert W. Hughes
FloranceGordonBrown PC
Richmond

Barry W. Hunter
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

James L. Johnson
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC
Harrisonburg

James Webb Jones
Poole Mahoney PC
Chesapeake

D. Brennen Keene
McGuireWoods LLP
Richmond

Neil S. Kessler
Troutman Sanders LLP
Richmond

Thomas C. Kleine
Troutman Sanders LLP
Virginia Beach

Charles E. Land
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Daniel F. Layman Jr.
Daniel F. Layman Jr., Attorney at Law
Roanoke

Benjamin D. Leigh
Atwill, Troxell & Leigh PC
Leesburg

Valerie W. Long
Williams Mullen
Charlottesville

Joseph F. Mauk
Litten & Sipe
Harrisonburg

John L. McBride
Odin, Feldman & Pittleman PC
Reston

John F. McManus
Hirschler Fleischer
Fredericksburg

C. Grice McMullan Jr.
ThompsonMcMullan PC
Richmond

John M. Mercer
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Jennifer Davis Mullen
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Adam R. Nelson
ThompsonMcMullan PC
Richmond

Michael R. Newby
Hancock Daniel Johnson & Nagle PC
Richmond

V. Rick Nishanian
Vanderpool, Frostick & Nishanian PC
Manassas

RJ Nutter
Troutman Sanders LLP
Virginia Beach
G. Michael Pace Jr.
Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP
Roanoke

Thomas T. Palmer
Woods Rogers PLC
Roanoke

Susan M. Pesner
Pesner Kawamoto PLC
McLean

Faisal S. Qureshi
Chaplin & Qureshi PLC
Richmond

Charles H. Rothenberg
Hirschler Fleischer
Richmond

Robert E. Ruloff
Shuttleworth, Ruloff, Swain, Haddad & Morecock PC
Virginia Beach

Lawrence M. Schonberger
Sevila, Saunders, Huddleston &
White PC
Leesburg

Conway H. Sheild III
Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly
Newport News

J. Rawleigh Simmons
Dunton Simmons & Dunton LLP
White Stone

Kedron Adele Springer
Kedron A. Springer PC
Chesapeake

Jeffrey M. Stedfast
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Robert R. Sullivan
Title One Settlement Group LLC
Vienna

Howard R. Sykes Jr.
Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy PC
Virginia Beach

Michael H. Terry
Hirschler Fleischer
Richmond

James W. Theobald
Hirschler Fleischer
Richmond

James D. Thornton
Thornton & Associates PLC
Glen Allen

Timothy O. Trant II
Kaufman & Canoles
Williamsburg

Lucia Anna (Pia) Trigiani
MercerTrigiani
Alexandria

Nathaniel P. Tyler
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

William A. Walsh Jr.
Hunton & Williams LLP
Richmond

Elizabeth L. White
LeClairRyan
Williamsburg

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Aga Khan Hospital Theatre Nurse and Critical Care Nurse Jobs in ...

The Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu is an institution of the Aga Khan Health Service, Kenya which is an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network.?

The hospital is part of a network of health facilities in East Africa which include: Clinics, Aga Khan Hospital Mombasa, Aga Khan Hospital Dar es salaam and Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi.?

It provides medical care to the population of western Kenya region and works with leading clinicians in the country in the management of complex cases.

The Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu has attained acknowledgment of its quality by achieving ISO 9001:2008 accreditation, ISO 15189:2007 accreditation for laboratory services and is moving towards Joint Commission International Accreditation.?

The Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu has also expanded its services to Kisii, Kakamega and Busia Counties.?

The Hospital is seeking qualified candidates for the following positions:

Theatre Nurse
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Overall Responsibility
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The successful candidate will be responsible for promoting and maintaining high standards of professional nursing care by providing quality services with special focus on operations and surgeries to meet the needs of patients and their families.

Key Responsibilities

• Work as a scrub nurse
• Work as a circulating nurse
• Assist the Theatre Manager with preparation on staffing, equipment and procedures
• Implement Infection control procedures

Requirements

• Diploma in KRCHN or above
• Diploma in Theatre Nursing
• BLS / ACLS certificate and other unit specific certification requirements
• At least one year working experience in a busy theatre facility
• Valid Kenyan nursing practice licence
• Working knowledge of a Hospital Management Information System will be an added advantage
• Excellent PR and Communication skills

Critical Care Nurse
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Overall Responsibility
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The successful candidate will be responsible for promoting and maintaining high standards of professional nursing care by providing quality nursing services to meet the needs of critically ill patients and their families.

Key Responsibilities

• Nursing critically ill patients
• Providing a safe environment for patients by practicing best nursing practices and infection control practices.

Requirements

• Diploma in KRCHN or above
• Diploma in Critical care Nursing
• BLS / ACLS certificate and other unit specific certification requirements
• At least one year working experience in an Acute care facility
• Valid Kenyan nursing practice licence
• Working knowledge of a Hospital Management Information System will be an added advantage
• Excellent PR and Communication skills

These are challenging positions with an attractive remuneration package.

Applications including detailed curriculum vitae, names and contact of three referees should be forwarded by 10th December, 2012 to:

The Human Resources Department
Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu
P.O. Box 530-40100
Kisumu
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E-mail: ksm.recruitment@akhskenya.org

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Op-ed: Latinos deserve equal access to paid leave and workplace ...

For too many Latinos in the United States, being a good worker and a good family caregiver are mutually exclusive. Across the country, Latino workers are the least likely of any racial or ethnic group to have access to paid sick days, paid parental leave, paid vacation, or any form of workplace flexibility. Latino workers are also more likely to be employed in low-wage or part-time jobs, where the line between just getting by and destitution can rest on a single day?s pay.

U.S. policies surrounding paid leave and flexibility for workers are notably antiquated. For one, the United States is the only nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development that does not guarantee paid leave to workers after the birth of a child. The United States is also one of only a handful of nations?alongside places like North Korea and Chad?that does not guarantee paid sick leave when a worker is too ill to work.

Coupled with this stark divide between the United States and the rest of the developed world, the configuration of the American family has also changed drastically over the last few decades, markedly increasing the need for improved leave and flexibility policies. Only one in five families today (20.7 percent) consist of a male breadwinner and a female homemaker (compared with more than half of families in 1975). It is far more likely that a family is led by a single parent (31.9 percent of families) or by two working parents (the remaining half). Without a full-time, stay-at-home caregiver, parents without paid leave must too often choose between missing a day?s work?and pay?or caring for a sick child or, increasingly, an elderly parent.

Changing the status quo is even more urgent for Latino workers. A recent series of issue briefs from the Center for American Progress highlight findings on workers? access to paid leave and flexibility based on 2011 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics? American Time Use Survey. The data provide a compelling and sobering portrait of Latinos? lack of access to paid leave and workplace flexibility.

Despite comprising just 13.3 percent of the U.S. workforce, Latinos make up one-quarter (24.5 percent) of all workers who lack both flexibility and any form of paid leave. Of any racial or ethnic group, Latinos are also the least likely to have access to paid sick days (only 38.4 percent) or paid parental leave (only 25.1 percent). They also have the least access to flexible hours (under 40 percent),which would allow them to shape their schedules to better fit non-work obligations.

One explanation for Latinos? disproportionate lack of these vital benefits is the nature of their work. More than 56 percent of Latino workers are in the bottom 40 percent of earners, and low-wage jobs on average offer the fewest benefits and employee protections. This becomes of greater concern as we look at prospects for job growth in the United States over the coming years and decades. Low-wage jobs made up 21 percent of all job losses during the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 but have made up nearly 60 percent of job gains during the recovery. Employees today are working harder than ever before and bringing in record profits for their employers without commensurate increases in their own salaries or improved access to benefits like paid leave.

Some opponents of paid leave legislation argue that workers do not need leave that is specifically earmarked for illness or birth when they can take paid vacation instead. Fewer than half (44.3 percent) of Latino workers, however, even have access to paid vacation, and those that do cannot use vacation time on a moment?s notice?when a child wakes up with a high fever, for example, and a father needs to take an unplanned sick day.

Anyone who has ever gotten the flu, needed to care for a sick loved one, or welcomed a new child into their home should understand that there are times when employees cannot be at work?but too often that means losing a day?s pay. With the aging of the baby boomer population and the increasing need for family caregivers as a result, these problems will only grow more urgent.

Good public policies for workers are crafted to ensure all workers benefit?not just those with the highest salaries or the best jobs. Policies such as the Healthy Families Act, which would allow workers in firms with 15 or more employees to earn up to seven paid sick days a year; creating a national paid family and medical leave insurance program as the Center for American Progress has suggested; or implementing the kind of workplace flexibility promoted by the Obama administration could go a long way toward addressing these inequities.

Sarah Jane Glynn is a Policy Analyst and Jane Farrell is a Research Assistant for Economic Policy at the Center for American Progress.

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Microsoft files patent for augmented reality smart glasses

by the BBC

Work on digital glasses that overlay information on top of the user?s view of the world has been carried out by Microsoft. A patent applied for by the US tech firm describes how the eyewear could be used to bring up statistics over a wearer?s view of a baseball game or details of characters in a play. The newly-released document was filed in May 2011 and is highly detailed. If a product comes to market it could challenge Google?s Project Glass. Google is planning to deliver its augmented reality glasses to developers early next year and then follow with a release to consumers in 2014. Smaller firms ? such as Vuzix, TTP and Explore Engage ? are also working on rival systems.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20462840#

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Microsoft Puts $250M More Into Its Ed-Tech Program, Partners In Learning; Wants Provide 20M Teachers With ?21st Century Skills?

Microsoft today added another $250 million to its Partners In Learning Project, a global professional development program it has created to equip teachers with the skills they need to teach IT and other future-looking subjects. Microsoft has been running this program since 2003 and to date has invested $750 million in the project.

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Several Steps To Achieving Internet Marketing Success | Paginas ...

A lot of businesses rely on Internet promotion since it is both efficient and affordable. From running up websites, to sending emails, to setting up social media accounts, today there are a huge number of ways to market your business online. Keep reading to learn how you can use the many opportunities presented by the online world to market your business.

TIP! Monitor the vocabulary within online conversations about your brand and incorporate them into your future internet marketing strategies. People will feel more comfortable with you and your product, because you will be using terms they know and understand.

The creative use of headlines can go a long way in getting your site noticed by the search engines. These should have some pizzazz to them, so that you can catch your visitor?s attention. In fact, the idea is to grab the visitor?s attention, so to that end it doesn?t have to be a headline in the classical sense. You could add a cool graphic image. A picture of someone using one of your products can be persuasive.

TIP! Start small when building a site to market a product and gradually grow, adding new features or components slowly. Search engines will be more likely to overlook your site when it has a million or two indexed pages, than when it only has ten to twenty thousand.

To convince your audience before they buy the product, send them to a content page that presents content about the product such as a video. This measure will assist them to feel more informed regarding the purchase they are considering. This shows them you want them to know as much as they can about your products, and also lets them decide whether to buy or not.

TIP! Find out common complaints and you might find the perfect niche. For what reason? Doing this allows you to find problems that need resolutions.

Affiliate marketing has some characteristics common to most other markets, but also has big differences. For example, what if search engines stopped emphasizing title keywords in their ranking systems? If this happened, you would need to be prepared to consider your other options, such as a viral video marketing effort.

TIP! To help your online business have a bigger customer base when you are Internet marketing, try social media sites. By creating and maintaining a Facebook page for your business, you encourage customers and fans to interact and spread the word about your products and services.

People will relate to your product more if you utilize emotional descriptions within your advertisements. This will help you build brand recognition. Utilize language like ?security,? ?relief? and other desirable description words.

TIP! You may even bundle the excess inventory with another similar product and sell the two for a discount. Always be honest about the fine print of your marketing.

Your company needs to have a simple, memorable web address. To increase brand recognition, your domain name should also incorporate your company or product name. Customers can use Google to find your site, of course, but make it even simpler with an easy to remember address they can type into the URL field.

TIP! Offer repeat customers the option to subscribe to a product or service. If they purchase printer ink, allow them to receive a certain percentage off each order if they commit to buying a cartridge every three months.

Offer advertising space on your site to major, credible companies to add to your own credibility and validate your business standing. Having big names on your site assists in the transfer of trust from those big, trusted companies to you. This will drive customers to your site and they will think of it as more than just a store.

TIP! In an effort to encourage ad clicks, use an image to link to the product page you want them to buy from. Try and match the text in your ads to the text in your copy.

Reward customers who bring your referrals. This way you will be able to potentially gain many more customers by encouraging existing purchasers to bring their friends to the website to earn free prizes or rewards. People just love receiving free items and increased website traffic can potentially lead to increased sales!

TIP! Determine whether your marketing campaign is a success or a failure by checking how many sales you get per 1000 affiliate clicks. Many of the bigger online companies have tracking meters available that will show you the precise number of visitors in comparison with buyers and repeat visitors.

In order to achieve success in Web marketing, you need to have a good website. Regularly test your site to make sure there are no broken links, missing images, or other problems. If your site is not user-friendly, you won?t make any sales.

TIP! A great way to advertise on the Internet and get your business noticed is with video marketing. You can really get a customer to notice your website with video ads.

Create a website that is laid out well with highly visible links. The last thing you want on your website are hard to find links and lack of usability for your audience.

TIP! Encourage new visitors to your site with a $1 promotion. This helps with promotion, builds exposure and encourages new traffic to your site.

TIP! Utilize email marketing! You should design your newsletters to draw in and excite your customers. You want the customer to feel like the email is fun to read, and not spam.

Maintain yourself updated on all the available things online. Keeping yourself updated on new innovations and trendy sites on the Internet will give you marketing inspiration for getting the word out about your own product and services.

TIP! Ensure that information that is relevant to your customers is included on your website. If you only have a simple website that has your business address and working hours, you will not have much success online.

Don?t just abandon and reject ideas that did not produce the results that you wanted. It may not have worked recently but could work now. The Internet is constantly in flux, with new uses being discovered daily. Don?t pour money into ideas that don?t work out, but do hang on to them for later.

TIP! Try to use banners on your website that are not obvious in looking like a banner. Dress them up to resemble click-able links, leading to more valuable content.

Keep your advertising budget from growing out of control. Not all forms of marketing online require an investment. It is important to make sure you get what you are paying for.

TIP! Your banner ads should stand out from the crowd as much as possible. Making your banner eye catching will draw more people to click it.

It is important that you always keep trying no matter how hard things get. You never know when you are on the verge of success. The most important thing to remember is to have everything organized and well researched before launching your website. Sometimes this takes intensive work. Working hard may be difficult, but it will pay off down the road.

TIP! Your internet marketing can be in places other than the internet. Hosting a conference with other Internet business owners can be helpful.

Guaranteeing your product in your advertising is a great way to build customer confidence. Your customers like to know that they are not going to lose money by buying your product. You can experiment by offering different guarantees on different products, and see what works for you. For some you may only need to offer a 30 or 60 day guarantee, while others may require a longer guarantee. Look at what you are selling, and select the guarantee that will fit best.

TIP! Successful internet marketing should include video uploads that have the potential to go viral. Be sure to include a link that goes back to your website in the video description.

Support a charity. Make sure you target a relevant charity that your customer base will want to support. This charity will advertise for you, and it will also make your company look better. You can also give your customers input into which of several charities they would like you to support.

TIP! Never resort to spamming your prospective and existing customers in the hopes of making a sale. While it may seem efficient to post a bunch of comments on sites, those posts won?t have the positive effect you desire.

A successful Internet angle to follow would be to make offers to your customers for added discounts if they happen to spend over a stated amount of money. If a customer spends $50, offer them free shipping, or similar offers. They will be more apt to buy more products.

TIP! You need to take this whole endeavor seriously and do your research. You should find and connect with a mentor that has both a model attitude and your respect.

You do not need to be daunted by the prospect of Online marketing. Try incorporating some of the tips you learned here to help your online presence become more recognizable and to help quickly grow your customer base. A lot of people now want to get their information electronically, which makes marketing on the Internet a good method of growing your company.

TIP! A lot of people will disbelieve your ads. For years, people have been mislead by false or misleading ads.

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Oopsy! Jessica Simpson Pregnant Again!

Oopsy! Jessica Simpson Pregnant Again!

Jessica Simpson is reportedly knocked up again just seven months after giving birth to her daughter Maxwell. The 32-year-old, who finally dropped 60 pounds after the birth of her baby girl in April, didn’t plan the pregnancy but is thrilled! An insider close to Simpson reveals, “It definitely wasn’t planned. But yes, Jessica is pregnant ...

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Newton leads Panthers past Eagles 30-22

El quarterback Cam Newton salta sobre el safety Nate Allen de los Eagles para anotar un touchdown en la segunda miitad del partido que los Panthers de Carolina 30-22 el lunes 26 de noviembre de 2'012 en Filadelfia. (Foto AP/Mel Evans)

El quarterback Cam Newton salta sobre el safety Nate Allen de los Eagles para anotar un touchdown en la segunda miitad del partido que los Panthers de Carolina 30-22 el lunes 26 de noviembre de 2'012 en Filadelfia. (Foto AP/Mel Evans)

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton smiles as he walks off the field after an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, in Philadelphia. Carolina won 30-22. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid walks off the field following an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, in Philadelphia. Carolina won 30-22. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid, right, greets Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera after an NFL football game, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, in Philadelphia. Carolina won 30-22. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

Carolina Panthers wide receiver Louis Murphy, center, pulls in a pass as Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, right, and free safety Kurt Coleman defend in the second half of an NFL football game, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? They were two words on a sponsor's banner draped behind the Philadelphia Eagles' postgame podium: Imagine. Change.

For disgusted Eagles fans, that's all they can do, especially with coach Andy Reid still running the show. They won't have to imagine much longer.

After 14 seasons, one Super Bowl appearance, and, now a dreadful losing streak, the countdown to the end of Reid's tenure is hitting high gear in Philadelphia. Owner Jeffrey Lurie already has said that an 8-8 record would be "unacceptable" this year.

The Eagles would have to finish 5-0 just to get there after Cam Newton threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more to lead the Carolina Panthers to a 30-22 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night.

Newton, who hadn't played up to his sensational rookie season, showed no signs of a sophomore slump against Philadelphia's porous pass defense. He finished 18 of 28 for 306 yards and had a passer rating of 125 in a matchup of teams with the worst records in the NFC.

Newton was only the latest player to shine against an Eagles (3-8) team about all out of hope. The Eagles haven't won since beating the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants to go 3-1, a skid that has put Reid's job in real jeopardy. Unless Lurie has an implausible change of heart, Reid's run is about over, an inglorious end for the coach who led the Eagles to five conference championship games.

Lurie ducked out of a pregame press conference for the team's Hall of Fame before he could take questions from reporters. Reid said he hasn't discussed his job status with his boss.

"I'm not worried about all of the other things," Reid said. "I'm worried about winning football games and making sure I get my players coached up to where we do a better job with that."

As Philadelphia's seventh straight loss came to a close, some fed-up fans held up a banner that read, "Jeff This Is On You."

While Lurie surely joins Reid in taking a share of the blame for this ugly season, the players have been awful.

"I feel bad for Andy because he's in a horrible situation in a town that is critical, and rightly so," tight end Brent Celek said. "If I was the fans, I'd be mad, too. I don't see Andy as the problem. I see it as us."

Their latest problem was an inability to solve Newton.

Newton, the No, 1 overall pick in 2011, lived up to the hype by throwing for 4,051 yards with 21 TD passes and 14 TDs on the ground in his first year. He entered this game with only nine TD passes and four TDs rushing, a major disappointment for Panthers fans.

But Newton outshined rookie seventh-round pick Nick Foles in his Monday night debut.

Newton had a 24-yard TD toss over the middle to a wide-open Gary Barnidge for a 7-3 lead. He connected with Brandon LaFell on a 43-yard pass to make it 14-3 later in the first quarter. LaFell was wide open on the play, taking advantage of another breakdown in coverage in the secondary.

Newton led a 95-yard drive to open the third quarter, finishing it off with a 1-yard leap to give the Panthers a 21-15 lead. Newton hit Louis Murphy for a 55-yard gain on a second-and-11 from Carolina's 16.

"I think my best game is still to come," Newton said. "I'm still focused on getting better each and every week."

Carolina (3-8) went ahead 24-22 early in the fourth quarter on Graham Gano's 23-yard field goal.

"It's been a long time in coming," Panthers coach Ron Rivera said. "Lots of people contributed and made plays. Real proud of what we did and the things we did to give ourselves a chance to win."

Bryce Brown set an Eagles' rookie record with 178 yards rushing, including TD runs of 65 and 5 yards. Brown, filling in for injured running back LeSean McCoy, surpassed Correll Buckhalter's rookie mark of 134 yards rushing in his first start since his senior year at Wichita East High School in 2008. Brown also lost two fumbles, including one in Panthers' territory.

Foles was so-so in his second straight start for Michael Vick, who sat out with a concussion. Foles was 16 of 21 for 119 yards.

"The most important thing for me was for us to get the win and that didn't happen tonight," Brown said. "I felt like a lot of that had to do with my two turnovers. It really, really cost us."

After Gano's field goal put them up for good, the Panthers finally stopped Brown when it mattered most, stuffing him on a fourth-and-1 to take over on downs at their 40. Newton led them downfield, running in from the 2 to make it 30-22. Gano, signed last week, missed the extra point. But Brandon Boykin fumbled after a 44-yard kickoff return, the Panthers recovered and held the ball the final 4:29.

The Panthers have shown they're better than their record. They have lost six games by less than a touchdown, including a 2-point loss at Atlanta and a 1-point loss at Chicago.

"It's a huge stage, Monday Night Football, on the road," tackle Jordan Gross said. "It was just big for us and big for the guys on the team who haven't experienced something like this."

For the Eagles, it was simply the latest loss in a season stuffed with them. The Linc was quiet and empty except for some boos when busted coverage led to another Carolina TD. They fled for the exits once the Panthers took over for the final time.

Dwindling fan support is one thing. Losing it from Lurie is quite another for Reid.

"He's as competitive as anybody and he wants to win games," Reid said. "That's what he's in this business for."

NOTES: Neither Vick nor McCoy has been cleared to return to practice. The injury-depleted Eagles lost wide receiver DeSean Jackson (sternum) and defensive tackle Fletcher Cox (tail bone) in the first half. ... The Eagles inducted five-time Pro Bowl cornerback Troy Vincent and longtime front office executive Leo Carlin into the team's Hall of Fame at halftime. ... Brown's 65-yard TD run was the longest for the Eagles since McCoy's 66-yard TD vs NYG on Nov. 1, 2009. ... Buckhalter had 134 yards rushing vs. Arizona on Oct. 7, 2001. ... Newton led the Panthers with 52 yards rushing.

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S. Africa group pays $335M for?

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? A South African investment group has purchased a minority stake in MTN Group Ltd.'s operation in Nigeria for $335 million. ...

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Android 4.2.1 update hitting Nexus 4 and Nexus 10

'December birthday' bug in People app fixed in latest OTA

According to reports from the Android Central forums and XDA, Google's new Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 devices are currently being upgraded over-the-air to a new version of Android, ver. 4.2.1. We've not yet been able to confirm whether 4.2.1 is also hitting the Nexus 7 or Galaxy Nexus, but we're sure these devices will get this latest update soon if it's not already going out.

The update fixes the notorious "December birthday" bug, which prevented any date in the month of December from being selected as a birthday or anniversary in the People app. So far we haven't noticed any other differences in the new software, which carries the build number JOP40D.

On the Nexus 4, the radio firmware version is unchanged from 4.2, and the hidden option that enabled some to use LTE on band 4 still seems to be present in the latest software. We can't verify first-hand that this unadvertised feature still works, but it doesn't look like this update has done anything to disable it.

As is always the case with these over-the-air updates, not all devices will get the update immediately, and we'd expect it to take a few days before everyone is up-to-date on 4.2.1. Nevertheless, we'll keep this post updated with direct links to the OTA packages for advanced users who want to flash them directly.

Google OTA links:

• Android 4.2 to 4.2.1 - Nexus 4

Source: XDA (1, 2), Android Central forums (1, 2)

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Can Restoration Hardware Legally Knock Off the Navy Chair?

Emeco's 1006 Navy chair (left) and Restoration Hardware's naval chair

Product images by Emeco and Restoration Hardware.

The Emeco 1006, also called the ?Navy chair,? is an aluminum side chair produced by the Electric Machine and Equipment Company (Emeco) in Hanover, Pa. The chair was commissioned by the U.S. Navy in World War II for use on warships: The procurement contract specified that the chair had to be able to withstand torpedo blasts to the side of a destroyer.

After the war, Emeco began selling its Navy chair to the public.?The original design never sold particularly well, but over the years Emeco?s chair carved out a small niche as a piece of high-end (that is, expensive) design of the sort you?ll see featured in Dwell magazine.

That is until Restoration Hardware got into the act. Recently the big furniture retailer began selling a look-alike Navy chair, which it refers to as the ?standard aluminum side chair.? (It previously referred to it as the ?naval chair.?) The Emeco original is $455. The Restoration knockoff is $129. At that lower price?and given Restoration Hardware?s ubiquity and marketing muscle?the Navy chair was poised to go mainstream.

That was something Emeco was not going to take sitting down. The company has now filed suit, accusing Restoration Hardware of violating its trademarks. Restoration Hardware has apparently responded by taking the chair off its website. They shouldn?t have. The lawsuit is very likely meritless. And it points to the problem in granting overly broad rights in names and designs via the trademark system?especially since trademarks, unlike copyrights or patents, can last forever.

Let?s turn to the dispute itself. First, Emeco?s claim to a trademark on the term ?Navy chair? is weak. Why? Because over the years that has become a generic label for this type of all-metal, 1940s-style chair, rather than a name that immediately conjures up a Pennsylvania company named Emeco. And in American law, if a product?s name becomes generic?such as aspirin, linoleum, thermos, or zipper?it can no longer be trademarked. Lawyers call this ?genericide,? and the fear of becoming generic is one reason Kleenex is always reminding you that they sell ?Kleenex-brand tissues.? The makers of Kleenex are trying to save their brand from genericide by reminding you that Kleenex is a particular brand of tissues, not a generic name for tissues.

In any event, Restoration Hardware isn?t using the name ?Navy chair? anymore, so even if Emeco wins on this claim, it?s a pyrrhic victory?Restoration Hardware will be entitled to go on selling the chair under the unexciting but perfectly serviceable ?standard aluminum side chair? label.

But Emeco has a second claim. It argues that it has a trademark on the chair?s design as well as its name. This claim is also a stretch. The Supreme Court has been very skeptical of such ?trade dress? claims in which a firm asserts ownership over how a product looks. The court has said that firms can claim trademark rights on the design of products only if they have achieved what lawyers refer to as ?secondary meaning??that is, if the design is recognized by a substantial number of consumers as synonymous with the product itself.?

This is possible but very rare. The sinuous design of a Coca-Cola bottle is protected, for example, because people widely recognize a bottle of that shape as synonymous with Coke. Is Emeco?s Navy chair the home furnishing equivalent of a Coke bottle? No. It may be that a small number of industrial-design fans believe that chairs that look like the Navy chair come from a single source (such as Emeco). But actually they don?t?the Navy chair has been knocked off for years by a number of firms. Here?s a knockoff version by Advanced Interior Designs. Here?s another by Interiortrade. And here are knockoff Navy chairs in various colors by Globe West. Matt Blatt has done Navy chair knockoffs as well. Heck, at one point, even mega-retailer Target was doing a knockoff.?

For the same reason that the Navy chair name is probably generic (a lot of firms have produced very similar chairs under that name), the design almost certainly doesn?t indicate any single source of the product (because consumers have been getting their Navy chairs from a variety of sources for years). The bottom line is that Emeco can?t stop Restoration Hardware from knocking off the Navy chair.

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Video: Will re-election momentum help Obama in second term?

Facebook policy change results in hysteria ? and a hoax

A recent announcement sparked a hysteria which divided the Facebooking world into two factions: users who suspected the email was yet another scam; and users who believed that Facebook is rolling back copyright and privacy rights, and protested this by cutting-and-pasting a viral status update.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/vp/49971575#49971575

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Location-Based Tour Guide App Stray Boots Raises $2M As It Looks To Expand Mobile Reach

Stray Boots, a New York-based startup that got its start delivering guided tour scavenger hunt games to tourists and city dwellers around the world via SMS, and which recently made the move to mobile apps, today announced a new $2 million Series A funding round, led by Milestone Venture Partners and including Correlation Ventures, Great Oaks and a number of angel investors.

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China's party paper falls for Onion joke about Kim

FILE - In this July 25, 2012 file photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol Ju, waves to the crowd as they inspect the Rungna People's Pleasure Ground in Pyongyang, North Korea. The online version of China's Communist Party newspaper has hailed a report by The Onion naming Kim as the "Sexiest Man Alive" - not realizing it is satire. The People's Daily on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012 ran a 55-page photo spread on its website in a tribute to the round-faced leader, under the headline "North Korea's top leader named The Onion's Sexiest Man Alive for 2012." (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, File)

FILE - In this July 25, 2012 file photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol Ju, waves to the crowd as they inspect the Rungna People's Pleasure Ground in Pyongyang, North Korea. The online version of China's Communist Party newspaper has hailed a report by The Onion naming Kim as the "Sexiest Man Alive" - not realizing it is satire. The People's Daily on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012 ran a 55-page photo spread on its website in a tribute to the round-faced leader, under the headline "North Korea's top leader named The Onion's Sexiest Man Alive for 2012." (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, File)

BEIJING (AP) ? The online version of China's Communist Party newspaper has hailed a report by The Onion naming North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as the "Sexiest Man Alive" ? not realizing it is satire.

The People's Daily on Tuesday ran a 55-page photo spread on its website in a tribute to the round-faced leader, under the headline "North Korea's top leader named The Onion's Sexiest Man Alive for 2012."

Quoting The Onion's spoof report, the Chinese newspaper wrote, "With his devastatingly handsome, round face, his boyish charm, and his strong, sturdy frame, this Pyongyang-bred heartthrob is every woman's dream come true."

"Blessed with an air of power that masks an unmistakable cute, cuddly side, Kim made this newspaper's editorial board swoon with his impeccable fashion sense, chic short hairstyle, and, of course, that famous smile," the People's Daily cited The Onion as saying.

The photos the People's Daily selected include Kim on horseback squinting into the light and Kim waving toward a military parade. In other photos, he is wearing sunglasses and smiling, or touring a facility with his wife.

People's Daily could not immediately be reached for comment. A man who answered the phone at the newspaper's duty office said he did not know anything about the report and requested queries be directed to their newsroom on Wednesday morning.

It is not the first time a state-run Chinese newspaper has fallen for a fictional report by the just-for-laughs The Onion.

In 2002, the Beijing Evening News, one of the capital city's biggest tabloids at the time, published as news the fictional account that the U.S. Congress wanted a new building and that it might leave Washington. The Onion article was a spoof of the way sports teams threaten to leave cities in order to get new stadiums.

Two months ago, Iran's semiofficial Fars news agency reprinted a story from The Onion about a supposed survey showing that most rural white Americans would rather vote for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad than President Barack Obama. It included a quote from a fictional West Virginia resident saying he'd rather go to a baseball game with Ahmadinejad because "he takes national defense seriously."

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Home prices rise again as housing recovery continues

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NEW YORK - Single-family home prices rose in September in a further sign that the housing market is on the mend, a closely watched survey showed on Tuesday.

The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas gained 0.4 percent in September on a seasonally adjusted basis, in line with economists' forecasts.

"In September's report all three headline composites and 17 of the 20 cities gained over their levels of a year ago," David Blitzer, chairman of the index committee at Standard & Poor's, said in a statement.

Prices in the 20 cities rose 3.0 percent year over year, just topping expectations for a rise of 2.9 percent

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About 2,000 Koi Pulled From Thunderbird Lake In East Boulder ...

BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) ? It?s a fish that can brighten a backyard garden, but when koi take over a lake, it can be trouble.

On Monday Colorado Parks and Wildlife removed close to 2,000 of the invasive fish from Thunderbird Lake in East Boulder. Where the koi came from is a mystery.

?It wasn?t something we released; we had no knowledge of it, so it?s a big question mark,? Joy Master with Boulder Parks and Recreation said.

It was earlier this year when officials with Boulder Parks and Recreation began to notice changes in the pond?s ecosystem. That?s when the non-native fish were spotted.

?Unfortunately we think someone may have dumped them here,? Jennifer Churchill with Colorado Parks and Wildlife said.

What may have been just a few fish dumped in the lake a few years ago has now turned into a big problem.

?They?ve pretty much taken over the fishery,? Churchill said.

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So workers with Colorado Parks and Wildlife have been fishing them out.

?What we do is we shock the fish, they rise to the surface,? Churchill said. ?They?re still alive, they?re just stunned and so we?re able to scoop them out with a net.?

Churchill says without their removal it could harm the lake by killing off native fish species and spreading diseases.

?It really just throws the ecosystem out of balance,? she said.

All of the fish taken out of the lake will be given to the Birds of Prey Sanctuary, which is a raptor rehabilitation program in Broomfield.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife says it?s never a good idea to release non-native species into the wild. Contact the Humane Society if you can no longer keep your pet.

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- All week, the New York Jets have been a train wreck. It started last Sunday with an embarrassing loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Later in the week, ano...

- Newly acquired Patriots cornerback Aqib Talib will make his New England debut Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts. The Patriots announced Saturday e...

- The New England Patriots are expected to be without dynamic tight end Aaron Hernandez for the third straight game. Barring any last-minute changes, a...

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