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VATICAN CITY (AP) ? A verdict in the case of the pope's butler accused of leaking papal documents may help close one of the most damaging scandals of Pope Benedict XVI's papacy. But even after Paolo Gabriele's fate is decided by a Vatican tribunal Saturday, a core question will remain open: Did he really act alone in exposing the secrets of one of the most secretive institutions in the world?
Gabriele faces up to four years in prison if he's convicted of aggravated theft, accused of stealing the pope's private correspondence and passing it onto journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi, whose book revealed the intrigue, petty infighting and allegations of corruption and homosexual liaisons that plague the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church. It has been, in short, the gravest security breach of the papal entourage in recent memory.
In his testimony this week, Gabriele insisted "in the most absolute way" that he had no accomplices.
But in earlier statements to prosecutors, he named a half-dozen people who "suggested" he take action, among them Vatican cardinals and monsignors. He even identified one layman as the source of a segment of Nuzzi's book "His Holiness: Pope Benedict XVI's secret papers" detailing some questionable conflicts of interest of some Vatican police officers.
Gabriele distanced himself from such statements during the trial, saying he didn't recognize himself in the prosecutors' reconstruction of his interrogation.
That said, on the eve of Gabriele's verdict, Nuzzi tweeted that after Gabriele's fate is decided, "Will the protagonists of the papers who emerged be persecuted with courage?"
There is another suspect in the case: Claudio Sciarpelletti, a 48-year-old computer expert in the Vatican secretariat of state who is charged with aiding and abetting the crime. Police say they found an envelope in his desk that said "Personal P. Gabriele" on it, with documentation inside.
Sciarpelletti has said Gabriele gave him the envelope, and later, that someone identified in court documents as "W'' gave it to him to pass onto Gabriele.
Sciarpelletti's lawyer successfully got his case separated out at the start of Gabriele's trial. But attorney Gianluca Benedetti has said his client was innocent and that, regardless, there were no "reserved documents" in the envelope.
Gabriele has a chance to deliver a final statement to the court Saturday, after prosecutor Nicola Picardi and defense attorney Cristiana Arru give their closing arguments. A verdict is expected later in the day by the three-judge panel.
Gabriele told the court that he stood by his June 5 confession to prosecutors, and in his testimony, he detailed how he would photocopy papal correspondence in broad daylight, using the office photocopier in the presence of the pope's two private secretaries. He pleaded innocent to the charge of aggravated theft but said he was guilty of "having betrayed the trust of the Holy Father, whom I love as a son would."
The motive wasn't discussed during the trial, but Gabriele told prosecutors that he thought that exposing the "evil and corruption" that he saw around him would help put the church back on the right track.
Arru focused much of her questioning of defense witnesses on the search of Gabriele's home: Police said 82 moving boxes of papers were carted out of Gabriele's Vatican City apartment on May 23, though only about 1,000 pages were pertinent to the investigation.
Police have said that contrary to Gabriele's initial claims, the documentation contained originals, not just photocopies of papal correspondence. The originals were distinguished by the seals, stamps and internal processing codes used in the Vatican, they said.
Some bore the pope's own handwriting, including with the word "destroy" written at the top in German, police told the court.
Arru questioned why police didn't use gloves in the search, suggesting the evidence may have been contaminated. Police insisted gloves aren't usually used in searches of documentation.
She pressed each of the six police officers on the stand about a purported gold nugget and check for $100,000 made out to the pope that were seized during the search. No one could say precisely where they were found. Gabriele testified he had never seen either before.
Arru queried them on the actual size of the armoire in Gabriele's study that contained the bulk of the documentation, seeming to try to minimize the quantity of documentation seized. No inventory was ever made of the documents.
And she raised questions about police conduct in seizing documentation from the apartment Gabriele used in Castel Gandolfo, where the pope spends his summers. The Vatican didn't obtain authorization for the seizure from Italian authorities, who have jurisdiction.
If Gabriele is convicted and sentenced to jail time, the Vatican has said he would serve his sentence in an Italian prison since the Vatican doesn't have long-term detention facilities. But it's not clear whether such arrangements have been made, given that Italy is a different country than the one that tried Gabriele.
In the end, those arrangements may not be necessary: a papal pardon is widely expected.
Gabriele spent his first two months in detention in a secure room inside the Vatican police barracks. During the trial, Arru complained about the conditions under which Gabriele spent his first 20 days: Gabriele testified that the room was so small he couldn't stretch open his arms, and that the lights were kept on 24 hours a day.
Vatican police insisted the conditions conformed to international standards, that the lights were kept on for safety and security and that regardless Gabriele had said the light would keep him company. The officer in charge of Gabriele's care testified that the butler had repeatedly thanked him and his colleagues for the treatment he and his family received.
The Vatican prosecutor immediately opened a separate investigation, meaning the scandal isn't over yet.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/popes-butler-awaits-verdict-papal-leaks-trial-054546787.html
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In this image provided by NASA the Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, Falcon 9 rocket with it's Dragon capsule attached on top is seen at Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The coming mission is the first under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA that calls for a dozen resupply flights by SpaceX, essential in the post-shuttle era. The liftoff is planned for Sunday morning, Oct. 7, 2012 at 8:35 p.m. EDT. (AP Photo/NASA)
In this image provided by NASA the Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, Falcon 9 rocket with it's Dragon capsule attached on top is seen at Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The coming mission is the first under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA that calls for a dozen resupply flights by SpaceX, essential in the post-shuttle era. The liftoff is planned for Sunday morning, Oct. 7, 2012 at 8:35 p.m. EDT. (AP Photo/NASA)
In this image provided by NASA the Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, Falcon 9 rocket with it's Dragon capsule attached on top is seen at Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida Oct. 2, 2012. The coming mission is the first under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA that calls for a dozen resupply flights by SpaceX, essential in the post-shuttle era. The liftoff is planned for Sunday morning, Oct. 7, at 8:35 p.m. EDT. (AP Photo/NASA)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ? A private company is on the verge of launching another cargo ship to the International Space Station.
On Sunday night, California-based SpaceX will attempt to send a Dragon capsule to the orbiting lab and its three-member crew.
Liftoff of the company's unmanned Falcon rocket is scheduled for 8:35 p.m. EDT. Forecasters put the odds of acceptable weather at 60 percent. Thick clouds and rain are the main concerns.
A Dragon cargo ship successfully docked to the space station last May, but that was considered a test flight. The coming mission is the first under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA that calls for a dozen resupply flights by SpaceX, essential in the post-shuttle era.
"We got there once. We demonstrated we could do it, so there might be a teeny, teeny bit of relaxation. Not a lot, though," SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell told reporters Saturday night.
NASA was monitoring a potentially threatening piece of orbiting junk, but said that even if the space station had to steer clear of the object, that would not delay the SpaceX mission.
This newest Dragon will haul about 1,000 pounds of food, clothes and gear, including ice cream for the American, Russian and Japanese astronauts on board. (The ice cream will go up in freezers meant for research). Even more cargo will be coming back.
The capsule will remain docked to the space station for most of October. Astronauts will fill the capsule with blood and urine samples, other experiments and old equipment, for its return to Earth at the end of the month. By then, the complex will be back to a full crew of six.
The nearly 500 tubes of blood and syringes of urine have been stashed in space station freezers since the last space shuttle flight, by Atlantis, in July 2011. The decommissioned Atlantis, and sister ships Discovery and Endeavour, are now museum relics.
NASA nutritionist Scott Smith said these blood and urine samples ? part of medical studies ? will be the first to be returned since Atlantis' final voyage.
"This is the first real return vehicle for this type of sample," Scott said.
The cargo ships periodically flown by Russia, Japan and Europe do not have the capability to return anything; they burn up upon re-entry. The SpaceX Dragons parachute down into the Pacific, reminiscent of NASA's old-time capsules.
"While it may seem very strange to some folks, my typical line is that, 'It may be urine to you, but it's gold to us,'" Smith said. "There's a lot of science that comes out of this."
NASA's space station program manager, Mike Suffredini, is also thrilled about having an American spacecraft bearing goods. It's much easier to get last-minute equipment aboard a U.S. capsule, he noted. The Dragon, for example, will carry up a new pump for the space station's urine-into-drinking water recycling system.
"Shipping and customs can kill you when you're trying to get overseas," Suffredini said.
SpaceX ? or Space Exploration Technologies Corp. ? is run by billionaire Elon Musk, a co-founder of PayPal who also directs the electric car maker Tesla Motors.
His space company is working to turn the unmanned Dragon vessels into craft that could carry Americans to the space station in the coming years. Until SpaceX or another U.S. company can do that, NASA astronauts will have to keep riding on Russian rockets at a steep cost.
SpaceX estimates it will be ready to launch crews aboard Dragons in three years.
NASA, meanwhile, expects to name within a few weeks the U.S. astronaut and Russian cosmonaut who will spend an entire year aboard the space station, beginning in spring 2015, twice the usual length for a mission. Suffredini said the list of potential candidates is "very short."
Another NASA official said only previous space station crew members are under consideration for the two slots because they're already trained in the systems of the orbiting complex.
On Friday, the space agency said it would commit to a yearlong mission to learn what it will take for humans to journey beyond low-Earth orbit ? Mars, for example.
Russia already knows. Three cosmonauts spent at least a year aboard the old Mir space station; the record for a single stint is almost 15 months.
No American has spent more than seven months in space at a time.
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Online:
SpaceX: http://www.spacex.com/
NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
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The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite ($119 direct) is a spectacular?ebook reader?for the price, thanks to its new capacitive screen and superior, integrated lighting. It also features a sleek, soft-touch design in handsome black, with a much-improved home screen.?You could argue the more-expensive 3G-equipped Paperwhite is actually the best ebook reader on the market. It does everything this model does, and also lets you buy books wherever you can find a cell signal, but at $180 it's heading into full-fledged tablet price territory. The base-model, Wi-Fi-only Paperwhite model, though, represents the perfect balance of price and features, so it's our Editors' Choice.
There's actually very little different between the two models. For a full review from top to bottom, read our?Paperwhite 3G review. Here, I'll just touch on the differences.?
The Kindle Paperwhite keeps the same dimensions as the 3G model, measuring 6.7 by 4.6 by 0.36 inches (HWD). However, it weighs 7.5 ounces instead of 7.8 ounces; you won't notice it unless you're holding both and trying to feel the difference.
What "No 3G" Really Means
Since there's no cellular radio, it means you'll have to log into a Wi-Fi network whenever you want to buy a book. This is less of a pain than it sounds, because you can set up your home network once, and the Paperwhite will always connect to that. Aside from not being able to buy a book while in a park or on the beach, the only other downside is that you'll need to program in the Wi-Fi network of a hotel you're staying at, or a coffee shop you're in, if you plan on shopping for new books, or if you want to download something to the Kindle that's still only in the cloud.
The latter case is pretty rare, though; most likely you'll download all purchases to the Kindle itself, and only download some of your collection to other devices, like an iPhone or Android phone. And again, it's only when you need to shop for new books. You can pick up the Kindle Paperwhite and read without connectivity whenever you want.?Otherwise, we've confirmed in testing that aside from the lack of 3G, the Wi-Fi-only Kindle Paperwhite looks and works exactly the same as the 3G version.
Paperwhite vs. the Competition
At $119 with Special Offers, or $139 without, the base Amazon Kindle Paperwhite is now $20 more expensive than the Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch With GlowLight, thanks to a recent price cut. The?Nook supports the popular ePub format, lets you borrow from many public libraries, has a headphone jack for listening to audio books, integrates a microSD card slot, weighs less, and, of course, works with B&N's Nook ecosystem. But the Kindle Paperwhite has a brighter, more-even light; a more responsive screen; a sleeker design, and a larger, more robust ecosystem for books, magazines, and newspapers. Both are top-notch ebook readers, but the Kindle Paperwhite has better hardware, and just edges out the Nook.
If you don't need a lighted screen, we're getting in the base Kindle in for testing soon, now that Amazon has refreshed it and lowered the price by $10 from last year's model; stay tuned for that review. But for now, our pick above all is the Wi-Fi Amazon Kindle Paperwhite.
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Whether you have a local area business that you want to market as completely as possible, or you are an offline marketing consultant who helps local businesses enjoy greater Internet exposure, it?s always a good idea to be sure that you?re covering all of your bases when it comes to facilitating as much of a web presence as you can. Even after all this time, the Internet remains woefully underused by local businesses, and in this climate, where the battle for every consumer dollar is tougher than it has ever been, it is the business with the most complete presence that will stand the best chance of not just surviving, but thriving. Remember that the effort at local marketing is not a one-time thing, but something that requires a regular, ongoing effort on your part.
Stay up-to-date on available local search engines. This is a must-do. Google, Yahoo, and Bing, among others, allow you to set up a free listing for your business with each, and other online local business directories like CitySearch and Yelp (among others) should be fully utilized, as well. However, keep in mind that new and varied local business directories are popping up all the time, so you would be smart to regularly search for new ones. Free is great, and if you?re not taking full advantage of grabbing free listings with as many search mechanisms and directories as possible, you?re making a grave error.
Stay abreast of the most useful keywords with which to search engine optimize your local business site. Those businesses that are purely local in orientation can really ?drill down? in keyword selection and focus almost exclusively on those that pertain to that local market. If you own a restaurant, or you?re the offline marketing consultant for the restaurant, be sure that you have not only exhausted the list of relevant keywords for a restaurant that?s located where it is, but also make certain that you are performing ongoing research to ensure that you remain on top of any changes in trends locally, changes that would demand that you make additions or adjustments to the keywords you have in place.
Check search engine results using your chosen keywords. It?s always a good idea to regularly plug in the keywords on which you?re focusing into the search engines to see what comes back. What you?re specifically looking for, besides where your business (or the business on behalf of which you?re working) ranks, is what the competition looks like for those keywords. Who ranks above you, if anyone? For those businesses that do rank more highly, check out their sites ? what are they doing? What do they say? Does an examination of their sites reveal anything to you that might be useful for your site?
Marketing for local customers is by no means a one-time thing. Even if you have already put a fair amount of work into grabbing business listings with search engines, getting set up with Twitter and Facebook, and doing many of the other things that give visibility to your business, you have to remember how Internet mechanisms, methods, and trends are continuing to evolve all of the time. Rather than being passive about this effort to ?own? your local market, resolve to do the sometimes-tedious but very important ongoing research that will keep you at the top of the search engine results.
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quality of Latin America's infrastructure network is generally deficient, placing it at a disadvantage compared to
other regions such as Asia Pacific and Eastern Europe. Major infrastructure investments which are in progress will
have a beneficial impact on Latin
America's business environment and help increase its competitiveness. However, additional reforms will be needed to boost investment in infrastructure projects and improve the region's ability to
compete in the long term.
Key Points
Latin America's infrastructure network is below-par compared to most other regions largely as a result of long term underinvestment in infrastructure:
Proportion of Paved Roads and Household Penetration of Fixed Telephone across Regions: 2011
Source: Euromonitor International from national statistics/International Road Federation (IRF)/International?Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Note: Proportion of paved roads expressed as a percentage of the total road network measured by length.
Deficient Latin American Infrastructure Impacts Competitiveness
The quality of infrastructure in Latin American countries has implications for other aspects of their economies like productivity, trade, foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and income inequality;
Major Investments in Infrastructure will Improve Latin American Countries' Business Environments
Many Latin American countries are investing heavily in improving their infrastructure:
Brazil:
Mexico:
Chile:
Quality of Overall Infrastructure in Selected Countries in Latin America: 2012
Source: World Economic Forum
Notes: (1) Rankings based on the index for the "Quality of overall infrastructure" category from the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index 2011. (2) The "Quality of overall infrastructure" index relates to assessments of general infrastructure (e.g. transport, telephony and energy) from respondents to the survey, and ranges between 1 (extremely underdeveloped) and 7 (extensive and efficient by international standards).
Colombia:
Peru:
Prospects
In the longer-term, maintaining substantial investments in infrastructure will be needed in order to improve the region's competitiveness:
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In order to understand the arts it is vital to deep into the History of Arts Movements. ?Within the first year of the studies students meet this ?challenge and discover new ?in accordance to the timeline of the history.
For those who are interested, visit online Art History movements Directories, where you can find lots of information about the styles of artistic development.
Huntfor.com??will help you to search within artists, movements and styles and will give you a detailed image of particular movements.
ArtMovements.co.uk?is a directory of all the movements, gives a general image of all the movements supplementing with the list of artists of that period.
The was collection of artistic books you can also find at the library of Fina Arts Museum, which is located not far from the Hero square:?Szondi?utca?77, 1068 Budapest.
It is worth of having a timeline, so that structurally to follow the development of artistic styles: here are some graphic time lines.


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