Protest forces delay of Egypt court session on upper house legality

CAIRO (Reuters) - Protests by Islamists forced Egypt's highest court to postpone a session on Sunday set to examine the legality of the Islamist-dominated upper house of parliament and the body that drafted the new constitution, state media reported.

The Supreme Constitutional Court did not say when it would reschedule hearings in cases that threaten to further complicate a political crisis ignited by President Mohamed Mursi's November 22 assumption of sweeping new powers.

Several hundred Muslim Brotherhood supporters chanting slogans demanding the "purging of the judiciary" had crowded outside the court building from the early hours of Sunday.

Egypt's newly empowered Islamists are deeply suspicious of the Supreme Constitutional Court, which ruled in June in favor of dissolving the Brotherhood-led lower house of parliament.

The constituent assembly, also dominated by Islamists, handed Mursi its final draft of the constitution on Saturday.

The 100-member constitutional assembly, which started work in June, finished the draft on Friday.

Mursi has called for a December 15 referendum on the draft and hopes passing the constitution will help end the crisis.

Assuming the new constitution is approved in the referendum, legislative power will pass from Mursi to the upper house.

(Reporting by Tamim Elyan and Tom Perry; Editing by Louise Ireland)

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For small business owners the debate over pay per click (PPC) advertising vs. organic search engine optimization (SEO) rankings has continued to be a highly debated question that doesn?t have an obvious answer. Webrageous conducted a survey of 500 B2B marketers. The survey results claim that pay per click advertising is more effective in generating leads compared to organic SEO. These findings dispute a web survey by Webmarketing 123 that claims SEO to be the most effective medium of generating leads online.

Webrageous backs up their claims by additional research conducted by Wordstream who believes that Google paid clicks account for 64.4 percent of clicks in search engine results. Compare this to organic clicks, which would account for the remaining 35.4 percent of search engine click though.

?There is no doubt at all, according to our research, that pay per click advertising is the fastest way to generate leads.? Said Webrageous Director of Marketing David Chapman. ?While it usually takes a year or more to see positive lead generating results through SEO and through social marketing, well-managed pay per click campaigns will be generating leads after just a couple of days.?

Although there is much dispute on which medium is best, it is important to keep in mind that both forms of advertising offer different benefits and will satisfy different needs. When considering which medium to use, ask yourself where your ideal client would come from. Would they click on a paid advertisement or would they prefer the organic listings? The biggest advantage of organic listings is that some searchers trust organic listings over paid listings. A number of searchers may give added trust to websites that appear in Google?s organic or free results vs. the paid results where a business owner?s fight for prime ad positions based off of how deep their pockets are.

In an ideal situation, companies would use both of these marketing tactics together to reach their goals.

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Who wants a career in insurance? ? Bankrate, Inc.

Did you ever wonder whether you'd be happy selling?homeowners insurance for a living? Or?perhaps working behind the scenes?as an underwriter, actuary or claims adjuster for an auto insurance company?

Now you can stop daydreaming and actually test your aptitude for and interest in a wide range of insurance positions on a new website called InsuranceCareers.org, sponsored by the Ohio Insurance Institute, a trade association based in Columbus, Ohio.

InsuranceCareers.org takes you behind the public face of the auto insurance agent?and homeowners insurance broker that most of us know and into the busy behind-the-scenes insurance?world few of us ever see. Many who wander into the back office find rewarding careers as actuaries, underwriters, IT directors, risk managers or marketing communications specialists.

It's immediately tempting to take the site's career survey. Based on your answers to four simple questions, you'll be guided to three insurance careers that most closely match your interests and education level. For example, if you're a "people person" with a high school degree, you'll best match such front-end careers as insurance agent, customer service representative or training and development manager. If you're the analytical type with a bachelor's degree, you'd probably be happier as?an actuary, IT or risk manager.

When you select one of your three best fits, you'll read a brief description of the job, skills required, salary range and potential career path.

What's especially engaging about the site is its use of dozens of two-minute video clips of actual insurance pros young and old?from each of 14 specialties who speak candidly about their backgrounds, how they came to work in insurance and the interesting opportunities therein. Many had never considered insurance before they stumbled?into the industry and, to?their surprise, found fulfilling careers.

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Interview with Cartoonist Mal Jones - Arts Desk

Mal Jones is a local web cartoonist and member of the DC Conspiracy whose story about the War of 1812, " Burn, Washington, Burn," appears in the District Comics anthology. His artwork also appears regularly in the free Magic Bullet comics newspaper.

For most of 2012, he's been working on The Giant War web comic, which he describes thusly: "The concept is simple. One day humanity woke up to find themselves the second most dominant form of life on the planet. As insects are to man, humankind is to the Giants. What are they? Where did they come from? What do they want? No one knows and no one cares. The only question is, how do we make it through one more day?"

Washington City Paper: What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?

Mal Jones: Marc Bryant (writer and my collaborator on pretty much all my comic projects) and I put up new episodes of thegiantwar.com twice a week (Mondays and Thursdays). Beyond that I take part in anthologies and do other freelance illustration work as time allows. My day job is as an art director at Forum One, so I have to put comic work in wherever I can.

WCP: How do you do it? Traditional pen and ink, computer or a combination?

MJ: My line art is all pocket brush pens and red chromotone pencils, then the tones and washes are all digital. I work digitally all day long as a web designer, so drawing with good ol' pencil and paper helps me get away from the computer from a bit.

WCP: When were you born?

MJ: 1980!

WCP: Why are you in Washington now? What neighborhood or area do you live in?

MJ: I'm in Alexandria, Va., (just west of Old Town) and have been for about 10 years. I moved to the D.C. area to go to school at the University of Maryland College Park and never left.

WCP: What is your training and/or education in cartooning?

MJ: I've been drawing my whole life. I started when I was a kid... I'd watch a show on PBS called The Secret City where I learned perspective. I ended up going to school at the University of Maryland College Park, and got a Bachelor in fine arts that had a focus on graphic design. I'm one of the lucky ones who got a career in what I went to school for.

WCP: Who are your influences?

MJ: Too many to name: Edouard Manet, Taiy? Matsumoto, Paul Pope, Sam Keith, Dave McKean, Barnett Newman, friends like Rafer Roberts and Matt Dembicki ... the list probably changes daily.

WCP: If you could, what in your career would you do-over or change?

MJ: I had two graphic novels published while I was in college (Overtime and The Passenger), and then didn't really take advantage of the doors they opened (few though they might be) and grow from them the lessons learned. There's more I could've done to stay in the industry, but at this point I can't keep focusing on those misses.

I thought I was just bigger then I was (thanks ego!) ... I just chalk it up to the 20s.

WCP: What work are you best known for?

MJ: I'd like to ask an audience that. Most people would probably think I'm the Malcolm Jones that drew Sandman (which would be an interesting feat of time travel).

WCP: What work are you most proud of?

MJ: A few years ago I did a short story for a DC Conspiracy collection that was themed about war. It was a story my mum told me about her aunt that took placing during the Blitz in World War II. It was so amazing putting her words down as images and pairing it with a speech Winston Churchill gave. There was just something special about it.

WCP: What would you like to do or work on in the future?

MJ: Really, I just want to keep putting out comics and illustrations. The Giant War is going to run for a long, long time hopefully, so outside of that it's anthology work, illustration, and just finding projects that are interesting to me. Being a full time art director, I have to pick and choose projects wisely that I can meet deadlines, have fun, and not burn myself out.

WCP: What do you do when you're in a rut or have writer's block?

MJ: Stare. I'm not kidding ... I'll stare out the window, stare at what I'm working at, whatever. It's like I'm burning holes in to my screen or the paper and just willing work to come out. If it doesn't work, I move on to something else in the project (another panel, another page, whatever) so that I just keep moving forward.?It's like driving around a detour after getting frustrated that it's there in the first place.

WCP: What do you think will be the future of your field?

MJ: It'll always be around... digital delivery methods don't stop folks from creating. I'm very lucky to work as a creative in today's market, so I think we're going to be around for a while. It's on us as creators to move and adjust accordingly.

WCP: What local cons do you attend? The Small Press Expo, Intervention, or others? Any comments about attending them?

MJ: I hit up SPX every year. I love it so much and always spend a ton of cash to support anyone I can. This year was especially fantastic with what felt like a more spacious layout and a sea of fantastic work. I'm going to try to get a table next year, but I've been on the customer side for long enough.

WCP: What's your favorite thing about D.C.?

MJ: Fall in D.C. The summer is an ogre... smashing us all with humidity, no rain, and the smell of the Potomac. And then fall shows up, everyone relaxes, and it's just a different city. D.C.'s also done a full acceptance of the arts in all of its forms these days... jazz, theatre, art shows. Any night of the week you can find something interesting to do, so it's sure not just politics anymore.

WCP: Least favorite?

MJ: We're a cold city sometimes with a weird passive-aggressive vibe. I've been around here for over a decade, so I can see past it now, but I hear it again and again from folks that have moved here. It's something we have to get past if we're going to grow and accept the arts fully.

WCP: What monument or museum do like to take visitors to?

MJ: The Hirshhorn, hands down. I love it there and go every few months to get re-energized. It's a smaller museum which means it doesn't suck up your day (I'm looking at you Spy Museum) and always has fantastic work on display.

WCP: How about a favorite local restaurant?

MJ: Vermillion on King Street here in Alexandria is a bar and restaurant that I find my way to probably every week. Great drinks, amazing breakfast and bar food. And I get high fives when I walk in, which is nice.

WCP: Do you have a website or blog?

MJ: But of course. As a web designer, it'd be a shame if I didn't. maljones.com is my website, blog.maljones.com is the blog, and The Giant War can be found at thegiantwar.com.

Source: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/visual-arts/2012/11/30/meet-a-local-cartoonist-a-chat-with-mal-jones/

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So You Want to Join the Hunt for E.T.

November 29, 2012 9:30 AM Text Size: A . A . A Through a radio telescope, a signal from an alien civilization would probably look a lot like a signal from a satellite orbiting Earth, only fainter. At least that's what scientists engaged in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) suspect.

After a brief shutdown for budgetary reasons, the SETI Institute is using California's 42-dish Allen Telescope Array to investigate the 2321 exoplanets turned up by NASA's Kepler space-based observatory, which is searching for Earth-like planets.

Jill Tarter, the Bernard M. Oliver chair at the SETI Institute?and the model for Jodie Foster's character in Contact?says the most promising window for signals is from 1 GHz to 10 GHz. Unfortunately, that range is noisy with everything from GPS satellite signals to Wi-Fi communications. And computer algorithms can only do so much.

Since February 2012, SETILive has been receiving help from volunteers who review the data online, categorizing white lines that appear against a background of radio static that looks eerily like a starry sky. Depending on which frequencies the array is searching, as many as half the views or as few as one in 10 will show some kind of line. After watching for several hours, I saw live signals only once, but you can also examine archived data. Assessments that a signal might be E.T. send the telescope back for a second (and even a third) look at about 10 percent of the signals.

SETILive is the fruition of Tarter's 2009 TED Prize wish: "to empower earthlings everywhere to become active participants in the ultimate search for cosmic company." If that sounds like a message destined to attract people wearing tinfoil hats, Tarter is unconcerned. Even if all that's found are GPS satellite signals, she believes the search itself has value. It "holds up a mirror to humanity," she says. "We are all earthlings. That perspective may help trivialize the differences that we all struggle with today."

To volunteer online: setilive .org.

SETILive volunteers categorize the signals they see online. The angle of the image is important; it can help indicate whether a transmission comes from an object in orbit or from deep space. This is the erratic signal from a wobbly satellite. The SETI Institute needs human observers to help screen out near-Earth signals such as this. A "broken" or pulsed pattern normally indicates ground-based radio interference.

Source: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/space/telescopes/so-you-want-to-join-the-hunt-for-et-14789020?src=rss

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