Singer Bjork's vocal cord surgery successful

LONDON (AP) ? Icelandic singer Bjork says she has had successful surgery to remove a vocal cord polyp.

The eccentric 47-year-old singer says on her official website that she had been trying to tackle the problem with exercises and diets since doctors first discovered the polyp, a benign growth on either one or both of the vocal cords, several years ago.

Bjork said that she decided to undergo laser surgery and it has worked, though she had to stay quiet for three weeks.

She wrote: "Surgery rocks! ... It's been very satisfying to sing all them clear notes again."

The singer apologized for cancelling various shows earlier this year, and that she looked forward to singing for her fans next year.

Last year Adele had minor surgery to remove a benign polyp.

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Deadly blast amid Sunni-Shiite tensions in Pakistan

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Updated at 2:55 a.m. ET: ISLAMABAD ? A roadside bomb killed at least seven people near a Shiite procession in Pakistan on Saturday, police said, while security forces were on high alert over fears of large-scale attacks on the minority sect across the country.

Pakistan is suspending phone coverage in many cities this weekend, an important one in the Shiite Muslim calendar, after a series of bomb attacks on Shiites triggered by mobile phones.

Hardline Sunnis have threatened more attacks as the Shiite mourning month of Muharram comes to a climax. More than a dozen people have already been killed this week observing Muharram.

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Saturday's attack occurred in the city of Dera Ismail Khan in Pakistan's northwest, a stronghold of al-Qaeda-linked Sunni militant groups who regard Shiites as non-Muslims and have stepped up sectarian attacks in a bid to destabilize Pakistan.

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Four children were among those killed by the bomb that police said was set off by a television remote control device because cellphones were not operational. Khalid Aziz Baloch, a senior medical official, said 30 people were wounded.?

The explosion was so powerful that it hurled a young boy onto a rooftop from a street, where a man later carried away half of his body, as a policeman with a bomb detector and residents stood near blood stains.

Intelligence information indicates more attacks have been planned for the coming days in the capital city of Islamabad, Karachi and Quetta. Mobile phone service will be suspended for hours in the three cities and dozens of others over the weekend.

In Karachi, more than 5,000 police are expected to patrol the streets during Muharram events over the next two days, with hundreds more on alert.

Muharram marks the anniversary of the Battle of Karbala, where the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad and his family members were killed.

Pakistani intelligence officials say extremist groups led by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi have intensified their bombings and shootings of Shiites in the hope of triggering conflict that would pave the way for a Sunni theocracy in U.S.-allied Pakistan.

The schism between Sunnis and Shiites developed after the Prophet Muhammad died in 632 when his followers could not agree on a successor.

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A Wendy in Neverland | theSheetNews.com

Two weeks ago I celebrated my one year anniversary with my boyfriend Scott. This may not seem like news of note, but as a 26 year old in Mammoth, the longevity of my relationship is considered something of a feat. I?ve lived on and off in Mammoth for the last 3 years, and though I?ve had several meaningful relationships in that time, none has made it to a year. This has been for many reasons, one of them being that like so many young people in town, I was always leaving. The constant leave-taking is just one of many challenges to long-term relationships here. You also have a tiny dating pool, tides of partiers from Los Angeles and San Diego, more bars than galleries, cafes, and theatres combined, and a challenging ratio of men to women, which at times encourages women to treat men as disposable, and men to treat women with wounded disrespect. So what allowed me to reach this one year anniversary? First, when I graduated from my masters program in New York, I came back to stay?for good, I hoped. I met Scott through friends at the beginning of my return to Mammoth (at a dinner at the Westin, where I sat next to him and noted which menu was the happy hour, and he politely told me he knew, because he was a server there). After that, I had the luxury of time to keep bumping into him, something I think is a great dating tool not easily available to big city dwellers. And, when the timing was right, I happened to see him on the street behind the post office, on my route delivering Sheet newspapers. I pulled over, he asked me to dinner, and I said yes. I think our relationship lasted since then for a lot of reasons: we met each other at the right time; we had common interests, both athletic and nerdy; we both preferred commitment to playing the field; we had the patience to work through the challenging times to the fun times. It didn?t hurt that Scott has everything on the list most Mammoth women would love to see checked off: phone, car, house and job. But I decided to ask Scott what he thought. My first question, in light of the many surprised congratulations I received for celebrating our anniversary, was whether he also thought Mammoth was a difficult place for a committed relationship. ? S: No. I think it?s one of the easiest places to have a committed relationship, if you have the propensity to have long-term relationships. K: Why do some think it?s a hard place to have a committed relationship? S: Well, it used to be there were 3,000 Australian women that came into town every year. K: So why do you think our relationship has lasted? S: Same reason why every relationship lasts for a long time: communication. We?re very good at speaking about what we feel and what we want. K: Was there any point where you doubted our relationship would last? S: Perhaps there was a time or two, when I felt that I wasn?t able to communicate openly about things that were complicated to me, that felt pedantic or childish, or just embarrassing in general. K: Do you think it would be harder to have met or maintained this relationship in a big city? S: I think it?s harder to meet people in big cities because the chances of you meeting someone that has no interests in common is much greater. Whereas up here we?re all like-minded people, we all prefer nature, and then we know how to let loose, because, I mean, there?s only bars up here. K: I also think it?s easier to coordinate with people, it?s easier to do group activities where you can meet new people, and then you?re going to bump into those people everywhere. I mean honestly, I think that?s how we started dating. We just kept bumping into each other. S: Yup, exactly. 3-4 times, and then you met me on the street. K: Picked you up on the street. S: Like a male prostitute. ? Challenges to commitment? ? Mammoth does present many challenges to commitment: if it?s not Australian women, it could be Los Angeles women; and, given the town?s small population, there?s always the chance that your friend has gone on a date with the same guy you end up dating (something that did happen, in my case). But Mammoth also offers unique and meaningful ways to connect, if connection for longer than a single night is what you?re looking for. The young people here may not be able to afford a romantic dinner at one of the ?fine dining? options in town, or go on the kinds of dates that big city dwellers commute across vast distances to achieve, but hopefully they?ll agree with me that a long day on the mountain, or an overnighter in the backcountry, can be just as good. In spite of these boons, however, one of Mammoth?s more insidious deterrents to dating finally caught up with me. A week ago, eleven days after our anniversary, Scott changed my oil and broke up with me. He was nothing if not apologetic about his reasons for breaking up. One of the most significant reasons was that he simply couldn?t handle the complexity of emotions he experienced as a result of being in a relationship with me. As he explained it, he needed to be able to have fun with friends; to drink, go out, and play video games without feeling guilty for neglecting me. Where did this come from? I?m still not entirely sure. Although aspects of our personalities were growing incompatible, I had felt that with our communication and our mutual commitment to each other, we could keep going for at least another few months before either of us came to a decision about our future together. Yet suddenly I found myself facing a dilemma that a dear friend of mine also recently faced: a man who preferred to have day-to-day fun with friends over working with a partner to sustain a long-term relationship. I now found the very trap I thought we had avoided was the one we?d fallen into. Mammoth, as my friend observed to me after her breakup, can be a kind of Never Never Land. The town attracts individuals with a love of play and adventure. Why else would we choose to settle in an expensive, and at times claustrophobically small town, if not for love of all the ways we can have fun outside? That same love of fun has a drawback, however; a kind of Peter Pan mentality that seems to set in after a few years. While I think it?s important to value your passions over your day job, unless your day job is also your passion, too much of an emphasis on fun and play can tempt you into a life of eternal adolescence. A lot of young people in Mammoth walk this fine line between living the good life and living the juvenile life. It?s hard not to slide toward the latter when you live month to month, job to job, paycheck to paycheck. Precious few of my friends have enough money to take a vacation, put a down payment on a home, or even move into an apartment of their own. Most?of us are living moment to moment, embracing the present at this time in our lives when it seems like we?ll never have to grow up or face grown up responsibilities. In some ways I can?t blame Scott for his decision. I fully acknowledge that I can be a lot of work. As an empathetic, analytical person, I tend to react with great emotional intensity and analytical afterthought to difficult or stressful events. This means that the stress lingers longer than it might for other people, something Scott found increasingly hard to cope with. I wouldn?t wish this challenging aspect of my personality on anyone, if not for the fact that it?s balanced by an ability to be extremely open, giving, and loving. So, like my friend, I found myself surprised and deeply hurt to have a relationship to which I had given so much time and effort set aside in favor of fun with friends. What made this all so much more surreal, however, was that not one but two people close to me were broken up with in the weeks preceding. Even my friends in New York weren?t immune. It got me thinking: is there more to this than just the specifics of two people no longer finding compatibility or common ground, or the ever-present influence of Never Never Mammoth? Maybe it?s a seasonal thing; what?s more natural than evaluating your relationships, friendly or romantic, when you come to the start of a new season? In Mammoth, this particular turn of the seasons brings a new kind of energy to town. Winter is a time for play, a time for letting loose on the slopes and in the bars. It?s a time of hard work, to be sure, but the payoff is first turns in fresh powder, and raucous weekend nights at Clocktower, Nevados, Lakanuki, and Whiskey Creek. Top that off with the evaluation that goes into every anniversary, or birthday, or holiday, if they happen to land too close to the change of seasons, and maybe you have a recipe for disaster. But I think it?s still more complicated than that. My friend and I noticed certain parallels in our relationships. My friend had recently told her boyfriend she wanted to go back to school to pursue a career in physical therapy. He expressed concern about the effect this would have on their relationship, particularly if she left town to go to college. I, too, had recently expressed a need for more from my time in Mammoth, and had, through a complicated turn of events, re-established my job at the Sheet, while also learning a week before that the first short story I had submitted for publication in an anthology had been accepted. Another factor in our breakups, and we freely admit this is pure speculation, may have been our boyfriends? sense of competitiveness or insecurity about the difference they saw in our ambition and achievements. Looking around at my other friends? relationships in Mammoth, it seems like many of the women have, or are striving for, more secure and higher-paying jobs than their boyfriends. Then too, whether you?re a man or a woman, there are few jobs of substance in this town to even compete for. What kind of strain must it put on a relationship when one or both partners works in a stressful (and largely thankless) service industry job? It?s no surprise to me that my friends working in retail or at restaurants have to blow off steam at the end of the day. This creates a rhythm of high pressure and excessive release that also challenges relationships. Anyone who goes through a breakup will have a lot of theories about why the breakup happened. Some things I know because I trust Scott?s explanation, and some things I know in my gut. I learned a great deal from this relationship, and I had as many if not more good times than bad. I may have seen the end coming, although not quite so soon as it did, and I know when the sensation of having my heart slowly dragged out from between my ribs wears off, I?ll be just fine. But will I find a better match here in Mammoth? Therein lies the question. In a Never Never Land, what?s a Wendy to do?

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Energy efficient windows ? Home Improvement: House Plans

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I must change the windows of my home. My old windows aren't bad looking. But although they go well with the house and I still like them, they are lacking the much needed energy efficiency. Heating and cooling my home takes five times longer than it is supposed to. I talked to the contractor that I always use, and after inspecting them, he told me that is time for windows upgrade. Because I really like the window design I have, I went in search for the similar window style only with a better energy efficiency index. I found something that looks promising at the Nitro Windows store my next door neighbor suggested. I?ll see soon enough how they will do.?

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Astrophysicists identify a 'super-Jupiter' around massive star

ScienceDaily (Nov. 19, 2012) ? Astrophysicists at the University of Toronto and other institutions across the United States, Europe and Asia have discovered a 'super-Jupiter' around the massive star Kappa Andromedae. The object, which could represent the first new observed exoplanet system in almost four years, has a mass at least 13 times that of Jupiter and an orbit somewhat larger than Neptune's.

The host star around which the planet orbits has a mass 2.5 times that of the Sun, making it the highest mass star to ever host a directly observed planet. The star can be seen with the naked eye in the constellation Andromeda at a distance of about 170 light years.

"Our team identified a faint object located very close to Kappa Andromedae in January that looks much like other young, massive directly imaged planets but does not look like a star," said Thayne Currie, a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Toronto and coauthor of a paper titled "Direct imaging of a `super-Jupiter' around a massive star" to be published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. "It's likely a directly imaged planet."

The researchers made the discovery based on an infrared imaging search carried out as part of the Strategic Explorations of Exoplanets and Disks with Subaru (SEEDS) program using the Subaru telescope located in Hawaii.

"Kappa Andromedae moves fast across the sky so it will appear to change position relative to more distant, background objects," Currie says. "When we reobserved it in July at multiple wavelengths, we saw the faint object again, located at about the same position as it was in January. This indicates that it is bound to the star and not an unrelated background object." Labelled by the researchers Kappa And b, it could be the first direct rendering of an exoplanet in two years and of a new exoplanet system in almost four years, ending a significant drought in the field.

In a single infrared snapshot, the tiny point of light that is Kappa And b is completely lost amid the overwhelming glare of the host star. The SEEDS observing team was able to distinguish the object's faint light using a technique known as angular differential imaging, which combines a time-series of individual images in a manner that allows for the otherwise overwhelming glare of the host star to be removed from the final, combined image.

Young planets retain significant heat from their formation, enhancing the brightness at infrared wavelengths. This makes young star systems attractive targets for direct imaging planet searches. However, despite this fact, the successful direct imaging of extrasolar planets is exceptionally rare, especially for orbital separations akin to our own solar system planets. The extraordinary differences in brightness between a star and a planet are a primary reason why only a handful of planets have ever been directly imaged around stars.

"Although astronomers have found over 750 planets around other stars, we actually directly detect light from the atmosphere of only a few of them," said Currie. "There are approximately six now. Kappa And b is one of them if our estimates for its age and mass are correct, which we think they are. The rest are only inferred directly."

The large mass of both the host star and gas giant provide a sharp contrast with our own solar system. Observers and theorists have argued recently that large stars like Kappa Andromedae are likely to have large planets, perhaps following a simple scaled-up model of our own solar system. But experts predict that there is a limit to such extrapolations; if a star is too massive, its powerful radiation may disrupt the normal planet formation process that would otherwise occur. The discovery of the super-Jupiter around Kappa Andromedae demonstrates that stars as large as 2.5 solar masses are still fully capable of producing planets within their primordial circumstellar disks.

"This planetary system is very different from our own," Currie says. "The star is much more massive than our Sun and Kappa And b is at least 10 times more massive than any planet in the solar system. And, Kappa And b is located further from the star than any of the solar system planets are from the Sun. Because it is generally much harder to form massive planets at large distances from the parent star, Kappa And b could really be a challenge for our theories about how planets form."

The SEEDS research team continues to study the Kappa And b emitted light across a broad wavelength range, in order to better understand the atmospheric chemistry of the gas giant, and constrain the orbital characteristics. The researchers also continue to explore the system for possible secondary planets, which may have influenced the Kappa And b formation and orbital evolution. These follow-up studies will yield further clues to the formation of the super-Jupiter, and planet formation in general around massive stars.

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India calls for peace between Israel and Palestinians

New Delhi, Nov 18: India today conveyed its deep concern over escalation of violence between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza strip and called for "direct talks" to end the ongoing conflict.

India asked Israel and the Palestinian Authority to find a comprehensive solution to the conflict which broke anew on Wednesday.

"We are deeply concerned at the steep escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine, focused around Gaza, that threatens the peace and security of that region," a spokesperson of the ministry of external affairs said.

He said there was urgent need to de-escalate the situation as the region was already undergoing "turmoil".

"We urge both sides to exercise maximum restraint and avoid taking any action that may further exacerbate the situation," the spokesperson said.

He said an emergency meeting on the Palestinian issue was held at the UN Security Council on Nov 14 under India's presidency to send a strong message from the council on the need to de-escalate the situation and to immediately stop the violence.

"It is also necessary that direct talks begin without any further delay between Israel and the Palestinian Authority leading to a comprehensive resolution of the Palestinian situation," the spokesperson added.

Israel's Operation Pillar of Defence entered its fifth day today. Despite reports of efforts to achieve a cease fire, fighting continued between Israeli defence forces and the militant groups in Gaza where Israel had on Saturday destroyed the Hamas movement's headquarters. (IANS)

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Miami self-imposes 2nd straight bowl ban

Miami players sing their alma mater as they celebrate their 40-9 win over South Florida in an NCCA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Miami players sing their alma mater as they celebrate their 40-9 win over South Florida in an NCCA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Miami tight end Clive Walford (46) celebrates with fans after scoring a touchdown during the second half of an NCCA college football game against South Florida, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 in Miami. Miami defeated South Florida 40-9. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Miami quarterback Stephen Morris drops back to pass during the first half of an NCCA college football game against South Florida, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) ? Miami officials said Monday that the university is making what it called an "unprecedented decision" to self-impose a postseason ban for the second straight year, ending any chance of the Hurricanes playing in either the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game or a bowl.

Just like last year, Miami's decision was made with regard to the status of the ongoing NCAA investigation into the school's compliance practices. The inquiry began in 2011 after a former booster went public with allegations that he provided dozens of athletes and recruits with extra benefits such as cash and gifts.

By sitting out again, Miami ? which still has not been presented with its notice of allegations from the NCAA ? is hoping to lessen the hit of any looming sanctions that could be handed down when the investigation ends. Schools often self-impose penalties with hope that the NCAA takes those measures into account when doling out punishment.

"Do I think it's fair? No," Miami coach Al Golden said, asked about punishing players who have not been accused of wrongdoing. "But that's the system."

Miami clearly hopes that a pair of postseason bans, especially when the Hurricanes still had a chance at a Bowl Championship Series berth this year, helps its cause with the NCAA. Whenever the process ends, sanctions against the football and men's basketball programs are expected, with penalties likely to include probation terms and scholarship reductions.

Golden said he plans on adding about 15 recruits next year, and has already started to factor anticipated scholarship-reductions into his count.

"I'm not allowed to comment on anything relative to the investigation," Golden said. "But I'm already factoring it in to my count. They're going to tell us, ultimately, but I've already started down that road of not taking a full group."

Interim athletic director Blake James informed the team of the decision Monday morning. University President Donna Shalala and the school's legal counsel were also involved in the decision.

"Considerable deliberation and discussion based on the status of the NCAA inquiry went into the decision-making process and, while acknowledging the impact that the decision will have on current student-athletes, coaches, alumni and fans, a determination was made that voluntarily withholding the football team from a second postseason was not only a prudent step for the University to take but will also allow for the football program and University to move forward in the most expedited manner possible," said the university's statement.

It continued, "The University and President Shalala have been clear from the start of the inquiry that Miami will cooperate fully and will seek the truth, no matter where the path might lead and that the institution will be stronger because of it. The University has already taken proactive measures to ensure more strict compliance with NCAA rules and continues to evaluate further steps."

James said the team was disappointed, as he would have expected.

"We feel it's a decision that's best for us moving forward," James said.

It's the first time since the 1981 and 1982 seasons that Miami will go consecutive years without a bowl trip. In 1983, the Hurricanes won the school's first of five national championships.

Schools that do not self-impose things like bowl bans when facing NCAA investigations often regret that decision. Most recently, Ohio State ? still unbeaten ? chose not to ban itself from a bowl last season, before the NCAA handed down punishments for the memorabilia-for-tattoos scandal. Instead of being in the mix for a BCS berth, and possibly a shot at the national title, the Buckeyes' season will end this weekend.

Miami's move, which was not unexpected, denies Miami the chance of playing in its first ACC title game ? the Hurricanes almost certainly would have gotten there if they beat Duke ? and also ends any chance that the team finishes its season playing what would amount to a home game at Sun Life Stadium, the site of the Orange Bowl.

The ACC champion goes to the Orange Bowl, and Miami's decision effectively ends the Coastal race. Georgia Tech will play Atlantic Division winner Florida State in Charlotte, N.C., on Dec. 1 for the conference title and automatic BCS spot.

Miami, however, still has a championship game of sorts waiting. If the Hurricanes beat Duke, they will finish tied for first in the Coastal. And for a program that's has been starting over in many respects, that alone would provide a boost heading into 2013.

"We're here as a family," quarterback Stephen Morris said. "We've faced a lot of adversity here at this university. Something that was done a couple years ago affects us right now, but that's what men have got to do. We've got to step up and stay focused on the task at hand and stay together."

The rogue booster who sparked the investigation, convicted and jailed Ponzi scheme architect Nevin Shapiro, pleaded guilty to charges that he orchestrated a $930 million scam in September 2010 ? three months before Golden arrived in Coral Gables.

Still, Golden reaffirmed his commitment to Miami on Monday, saying he's "not in the business of searching for another job right now."

"I can see the end. I can see what we're going to become," Golden said.

Miami's decision will add to the ACC's bowl dilemma this season.

The ACC has affiliations with eight bowl games, but this year, it will be unable to fill those spots. North Carolina is ineligible because of NCAA sanctions, Miami is choosing to be ineligible, and Maryland, Boston College and Virginia have already lost too many games to be bowl-qualified ? so at most, seven teams will be going to the postseason. Wake Forest (5-6) and Virginia Tech (5-6) could merit bowl invitations if they win this coming weekend.

The ACC pools its bowl revenue and shares it among all 12 of its member schools, but it's unclear how that process will be affected ? if at all ? since the league will not receive payouts from the usual number of postseason matchups. James said he believes Miami will remain part of the bowl-distribution process.

Golden said his message to the team was simple: Stay the course.

"I'm here to lead them," Golden said.

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Palestinian civilian toll climbs in Gaza

A member of the Abdel Aal family is rescued after his family house collapsed during an Israeli forces strike in the Tufah neighborhood, Gaza City, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. The Israeli military widened its range of targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to include the media operations of the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers, sending its aircraft to attack two buildings used by both Hamas and foreign media outlets. (AP Photo/Majed Hamdan)

A member of the Abdel Aal family is rescued after his family house collapsed during an Israeli forces strike in the Tufah neighborhood, Gaza City, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. The Israeli military widened its range of targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to include the media operations of the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers, sending its aircraft to attack two buildings used by both Hamas and foreign media outlets. (AP Photo/Majed Hamdan)

A Palestinian man hides during a protest against Israel's operations in Gaza Strip, outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) ? Israeli aircraft struck crowded areas in the Gaza Strip on Monday, driving up the civilian death toll and in one case devastating several homes belonging to one clan ? the fallout from a new tactic in Israel's six-day-old offensive meant to quell Hamas rocket fire on Israel.

Escalating its bombing campaign, Israel on Sunday began attacking homes of activists in Hamas, the Islamic militant group that rules Gaza. These attacks have led to a sharp spike in civilian casualties, killing 24 civilians in less than 24 hours, a Gaza health official said. Overall, the offensive that began Wednesday killed 91 Palestinians, including 50 civilians.

The rising civilian toll was likely to intensify pressure on Israel to end the fighting. Hundreds of civilian casualties in an Israeli offensive in Gaza four years ago led to fierce international condemnation of Israel.

Hamas fighters, meanwhile, have fired hundreds of rockets into Israel in the current round of fighting, including 12 on Monday, among them one that hit an empty school.

The new airstrikes came as Egypt was trying to broker a cease-fire, with the help of Turkey and Qatar. The Turkish foreign minister and a delegation of Arab foreign ministers were expected in Gaza on Tuesday. However, Israel and Hamas appeared far apart in their demands, and a quick end to the fighting seemed unlikely.

In Monday's violence, a missile struck a three-story home in the Gaza City's Zeitoun area, flattening the building and badly damaging several nearby homes. Shell-shocked residents searching for belongings climbed over debris of twisted metal and cement blocks in the street.

The strike killed two children and two adults, and injured 42 people, said Gaza heath official Ashraf al-Kidra.

Residents said Israel first sent a warning strike at around 2 a.m. Monday, prompting many residents in the area to flee their homes. A few minutes later, heavy bombardment followed.

Ahed Kitati, 38, had rushed out after the warning missile to try to hustle people to safety. But he was fatally struck by a falling cinderblock, leaving behind a pregnant wife, five young daughters and a son, the residents said.

Sitting in mourning with her mother and siblings just hours after her father's death, 11-year-old Aya Kitati clutched a black jacket, saying she was freezing, even though the weather was mild. "We were sleeping, and then we heard the sound of the bombs," she said, then broke down sobbing.

Ahed's brother, Jawad Kitati, said he plucked the lifeless body of a 2-year-old relative from the street and carried him to an ambulance. Blood stains smeared his jacket sleeve.

Another clan member, Haitham Abu Zour, 24, woke up to the sound of the warning strike and hid in a stairwell. He emerged to find his wife dead and his two infant children buried under the debris, but safe.

Clan elder Mohammed Azzam, 61, denied that anyone in his family had any connections to Hamas.

"The Jews are liars," he said. "No matter how much they pressure our people, we will not withdraw our support for Hamas."

Late Sunday, an Israeli missile killed a father and his eight-year-old son on the roof of their Gaza City home. The father, a Hamas policeman, was on the roof to repair a leaking water tank, his relatives said.

In another area of Gaza City, the patriarch of the Daloo family, Jamal, sat in mourning for 11 members of his family killed in a missile strike on his home Sunday. Among the dead were his wife, his son, daughter-in-law, his sister and four grandchildren. His face swollen from crying, he embraced relatives and neighbors paying their condolences.

The mourners sat in plastic chairs just meters away from bulldozers clearing the ruins of Daloo's home. His 16-year-old daughter Yara was still missing and believed under the rubble, family members said.

Daloo, who is left with two sons, tried to take comfort in the belief that the loss of his family was God's will and that the dead are now in paradise. He vehemently disputed Israel's initial claim that a senior operative of Islamic Jihad, a smaller sister group of Hamas, was hiding in his house. He said his son Mohammed, one of those killed, was a policeman in the Gaza police, but not an activist.

"The international public opinion witnessed the facts," he said of the tragedy that befell him. "This does not require my words."

Also Monday, Israel bombarded the remains of the former national security compound in Gaza City. Flying shrapnel killed one child and wounded others living nearby, al-Kidra said. Five farmers were killed in two separate strikes, al-Kidra said, including three who he said had been mistakenly identified earlier by Hamas security officials as Islamic Jihad fighters.

Other strikes killed two fighters on a motorcycle in southern Gaza and two passengers in a taxi that had put a press signs in the windshield, al-Kidra said.

In addition to 91 Palestinians killed over the past six days, some 720 were wounded, al-Kidra said.

On the Israeli side, three civilians have died from Palestinian rocket fire and dozens have been wounded. An Israeli rocket-defense system has intercepted hundreds of rockets bound for populated areas.

Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said 12 rockets had struck Israel by late Monday morning, including one that hit a school. Schools in southern Israel have been closed since the offensive started.

Israel launched the current offensive after months of intensifying rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, which continued despite the strikes.

In the night from Sunday to Monday, aircraft targeted about 80 militant sites, including underground rocket-launching sites, smuggling tunnels and training bases, as well as Palestinian command posts and weapons storage facilities located in buildings owned by militant commanders, the Israeli military said in a release. Aircraft and gunboats joined forces to attack Hamas police headquarters, and Palestinian rocket squads were struck as they prepared to fire, the release said.

In all, 1,350 targets in the Gaza Strip have been struck since the Israeli operation began. However, military activity over the past two nights has dropped off as targets change and international efforts to wrest a cease-fire plod ahead.

Israel and Hamas have put forth widely divergent conditions for a truce. But failure to end the fighting threatens to touch off an Israeli ground invasion, for which thousands of soldiers, backed by tanks and armored vehicles, have already been mobilized and dispatched to Gaza's border.

President Barack Obama said he was in touch with players across the region in hopes of halting the fighting. While defending Israel's right to defend itself against the rocket fire, he also warned of the risks the Jewish state would take if it were to expand its air assault into a ground war.

"If we see a further escalation of the situation in Gaza, the likelihood of us getting back on any kind of peace track that leads to a two-state solution is going to be pushed off way into the future," Obama said.

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Associated Press writer Amy Teibel in Jerusalem contributed reporting.

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Can You Sharpen A Chainsaw? | TekMaster Blog

How To Sharpen a Chain Saw Do you remember how your chain saw cut when it was new or last equipped with a new cutting chain? It should cut like that?or better?every time you use it. If it?s not cutting like new, you?re wasting time, damaging your equipment and putting yourself at risk. Manufacturers design chain-saw cutting chains for simple maintenance. But, like most service tasks, to do the job right you must first know the basic principles involved. How saw chains work Article Tools * Bookmark * Email * Save * Print * Reprint Most Well loved * How to install drainage * Slopes: common problems and solutions * How to sharpen a chain saw * Installing concrete pavers * Maintenance tips: sharpening mower blades advertisement Penton Media ? Grounds Maintenance, Click Here! A saw chain comprises five basic parts: 1. left-hand cutters 2. right-hand cutters 3. tie-straps 4. drive links 5. rivets Because the cutters do the work of slicing and removing wood fiber, they are the primary focus of our attention here. Cutters have two distinct features: a ramp-like depth gauge, or raker, at the front and a gouge-like cutting element at the rear. The gulf between them is the gullet. The cutting element has a profile that looks like the number ?7?. Its two surfaces (the top plate and side plate) contain three different angles. The top-plate angle is the simplest to recognize. It?s the familiar 30- to 35-degree rake you see when you look down on the cutter. The bevel beneath the ?

In Part 1 of this lawn care series, learn how you can evaluate your lawn for problem areas. If there are bare areas, prepare for spot seeding. Or, if you want to protect and strengthen your lawn, try over-seeding. Over-seeding is seeding your entire lawn. Make sure that you rake the top soil before you add the grass seed. For over-seeding, make sure that you dethatch dead grass and mow your lawn first. Next, aerate your lawn. Aerating your lawn breaks up the soils surface and makes tiny holes in your lawn to allowing air, water, nutrients and new seeds to deeply penetrate the soil. Rake or till any bare spots so that the seeds can penetrate into the earth. Next if there are problem weed areas, spray with a non selective herbicide to eliminate plants. Wait a few days for the vegetation to die, remove the ancient plants and then plant the seed. Add topsoil to any low spots in your yard as well. For the rest of the lawn care and maintenance series, visit www.Lowes.com Subscribe to Lowe?s YouTube for fantastic how to videos and home improvement tips: www.youtube.com Or head to our channel: www.youtube.com
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New Florida legislature has inclusive tone

TALLAHASSEE ? With an increase in Democratic lawmakers and a governor now looking toward his re-election, a new Florida legislature convenes this week,? facing many of the same challenges of the past, from a tight budget to the rising cost of health care.

But there may be a new tone in Tallahassee, following an election in which President Barack Obama carried the state and Democrats picked up four seats in the 120-member state House and two seats in the 40-member state Senate.

Republicans remain firmly in control.

State Sen. Don Gaetz

Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, will be installed as the new Senate president in the one-day organizational session on Tuesday, presiding over a chamber for the next two years where the GOP controls 26 of the 40 seats.

Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, will take over the state House, where his party holds a 76-44 advantage.

Gov. Rick Scott, who faces re-election in 2014, will preside over his third legislative session when lawmakers return to Tallahassee in March for their annual 60-day session.

Weatherford, 33, the son-in-law of former House Speaker Allan Bense, R-Panama City, said he will deliberately try to include more Floridians as part of his leadership of the House.

?If there is one thing that I would like to try to achieve is to be an inclusive reformer for the Florida House,? said Weatherford, who will be Florida?s second-youngest speaker when he becomes the new House leader. ?I would like to make sure that we?re working with our friends across the aisle, that we?re allowing everyone?s voice to be heard and to participate. At the same time not let that stifle us from moving forward with real reforms and dealing with the challenges that Florida has before it.?

State Rep. Will Weatherford

Weatherford said his goal is for lawmakers to consider opinions from not only political opponents but from ordinary citizens outside the political process. ?As a legislature, we can do a better job of listening before we act,? he said.

In the Senate

Gaetz, 64, a former Okaloosa school superintendent and health care company executive, said the election outcome will not have much of an impact on the Senate, where members have a reputation for their independence.

?For me as a senator, what it has meant is that I can?t take a single vote for granted,? Gaetz said. ?I can?t assume my caucus is going to support me on a bad bill. You have to earn every vote.?

But following another Senate tradition, Gaetz said he is considering Democrats for several committee chairmanships.

State Rep. Perry Thurston, the 51-year-old Plantation attorney who will lead the House Democrats for the next two years, said he expects to see an increase in bipartisanship in the Legislature, although he noted that much of the funding for the Republican legislative races came from conservative sources.

?I still think you?re going to have a conservative Legislature,? he said.

But Thurston and other lawmakers do not expect to see a repeat of the 2011 session, when Republicans came back to Tallahassee, following the election of Scott, who ran on a very conservative, anti-government agenda, and the election of a so-called ?super majority? of Republican legislators.

That session saw a plethora of conservative measures and the biggest losers in the session were those groups most often linked to more liberal causes, including teachers, union members, state workers, abortion rights activists and environmentalists.

Several of the measures passed were challenged in court.

A moderated tone

Scott, faced with persistently low public approval ratings, has recently moderated his tone, and embraced increasing education funding as a priority after sharply cutting the budget his first year.

But GOP lawmakers in the next two years will continue to push issues that they think are needed to curb the cost and size of government.

Weatherford said he wants to end the traditional pension plan for new state employees, requiring them to use a 401(k)-type retirement plan.

?It?s time for us to get real and do what the private sector has done,? Weatherford said.

Lawmakers and Scott are waiting for a Florida Supreme Court decision on their 2011 measure that required public employees who participate in the state pension plan to contribute 3 percent of their salaries to the retirement fund. An adverse ruling from the court could present a huge financial challenge for the state budget.

Obama?s re-election has meant that the Affordable Care Act, which was opposed by Scott and legislative leaders, is here to stay. While lawmakers and the governor say they will now deal with that reality, they still question how much the federal health care act could cost the state.

One of the biggest issues facing lawmakers in their annual session will be whether or not to expand Medicaid coverage to provide health care for all Floridians up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, which is a little more than $25,000 per year for a family of three.

Bipartisanship

While the state pension and Medicaid may provide a battleground for some partisan clashes, lawmakers will be looking at a number of other issues where bipartisan support can be found.

Weatherford, Gaetz and the Democratic leaders all say they want to review and possibly change Florida?s election laws and procedures in light of the problems in counting the votes in the 2012 general election.

The new legislative leaders said they will be pushing measures to strengthen the state?s ethics laws, with Weatherford also saying that should also include some campaign-financing reforms. He wants to eliminate political funds ? known as committees of continuous existence ? that some lawmakers have used to raise money.

Gaetz said the top priority he has heard from Floridians during the election remains job growth and the Senate agenda will be geared toward that goal.

He will be pushing efforts to revamp Florida?s state colleges and universities so that it ?lashes our higher educational system closer to the realities and the opportunities of the economy.? That is expected to include financial incentives for schools that promote technology and science degrees ? which lawmakers and Scott say have the most potential for economic growth.

Weatherford also said higher education improvements will remain one of his priorities, noting that he has been pushing efforts to expand the use of online education for college and university degrees.

The $70 billion state budget will remain a big challenge for the immediate future.

State economists have projected a modest $71 million surplus for the coming year, although lawmakers note that could easily be wiped out by other demands including rising costs for the Medicaid program or an adverse ruling in the state pension fund case.

?We face another year of budget blood, tears, toil and sweat,? Gaetz predicted.

Source: http://politics.heraldtribune.com/2012/11/18/new-florida-legislature-has-inclusive-tone/

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Israel to hold fire during Egypt premier's Gaza visit

JERUSALEM (AP) ? Israel will suspend its offensive in the Gaza Strip on Friday during a brief visit by Egypt's premier there if militants refrain from firing rockets at Israel, an official said, the first possible break in the escalating conflict.

An official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the Israeli leader was responding to an Egyptian request.

Israel told the Egyptians the military "would hold its fire on the condition that during that period, there won't be hostile fire from Gaza into Israel," the official said. "Prime Minister Netanyahu is committed to the peace treaty with Egypt, which is in the strategic interest of both countries, he added, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the diplomatic exchange.

It wasn't clear whether Israel hoped to use the possible suspension of hostilities to seek a broader truce or was agreeing to the halt in fighting only as a gesture to Egypt.

Three days of fierce fighting between Israel and Gaza militants has widened the instability gripping the region, straining already frayed Israel-Egypt relations. The Cairo government recalled its ambassador in protest and said it was sending its prime minister, Hesham Kandil, to Gaza for a three-hour visit Friday in a show of solidarity with the Palestinian territory's militant Hamas rulers.

Egyptian intelligence officials involved in negotiations to end previous rounds of fighting are accompanying Kandil on his visit, an Egyptian diplomat said, suggesting it is more than a display of support.

The diplomat said Gaza militants have told Egyptian intelligence officials they would be willing to hold their fire if Israel would commit to mediation to stop its military operation and targeted killings.

Word of the possible pause in the fighting came after a night of fierce exchanges and signals that Israel might be preparing to invade Gaza. Overnight, the military said it targeted about 150 of the sites Gaza gunmen use to fire rockets at Israel, as well as ammunition warehouses, bringing to 450 the number of sites struck since the operation began Wednesday.

Israeli troops, tanks and armored personnel carriers massed near the Palestinian territory, signaling a ground invasion might be imminent.

Militants unleashed dozens of rocket barrages overnight.

Fighting between the two sides escalated sharply Thursday with a first-ever rocket attack from Gaza on the Tel Aviv area, menacing Israel's most densely populated area. No casualties were reported there, but three people died in the country's rocket-scarred south when a projectile slammed into an apartment building.

The death toll in Gaza climbed to 19, including five children, according to Palestinian health officials, as waves of Israeli fighter planes and drones sent missiles hurtling down on suspected weapons stores and rocket-launching sites.

Early Friday, 85 missiles exploded within 45 minutes in Gaza City, sending black pillars of smoke towering above the coastal strip's largest city. The military said it was targeting underground rocket-launching sites.

One missile flattened sections of the Interior Ministry, leaving a huge pile of rubble, and another hit an uninhabited house belonging to a senior Hamas commander. Those strikes, together with an attack on a generator building near the home of Gaza's Hamas prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, signaled that Israel was expanding its offensive beyond military targets.

Israel and Hamas had largely observed an informal truce since Israel's devastating incursion into Gaza four years ago, but rocket fire and Israeli airstrikes on militant operations continued sporadically. The latest flare-up exploded into major violence Wednesday when Israel assassinated Hamas' military chief, following up with a punishing air assault meant to cripple the militants' ability to terrorize Israel with rockets.

The Israeli offensive has not deterred the militants from firing more than 400 rockets aimed at southern Israel, the military said. On Thursday, they also unleashed for the first time the most powerful weapons in their arsenal ? Iranian-made Fajr-5 rockets capable of reaching Tel Aviv.

The two rockets that struck closest to Tel Aviv appear to have landed in the Mediterranean Sea, defense officials said, and another hit an open area on Tel Aviv's southern outskirts.

No injuries were reported, but the rocket fire sowed panic in Tel Aviv and made the prospect of a ground incursion more likely. The government later approved the mobilization of up to 30,000 reservists for a possible invasion.

Netanyahu said the army was hitting Hamas hard with what he called surgical strikes, and warned of a "significant widening" of the Gaza operation. Israel will "continue to take whatever action is necessary to defend our people," said Netanyahu, who is up for re-election in January.

At least 12 trucks were seen transporting tanks and armored personnel carriers toward Gaza late Thursday, and buses carrying soldiers headed toward the border area.

An Israeli ground offensive could be costly to both sides. In the last Gaza war, Israel devastated parts of the territory, setting back Hamas' fighting capabilities but also paying the price of increasing diplomatic isolation because of a civilian death toll numbering in the hundreds.

The current round of fighting is reminiscent of the first days of that three-week offensive against Hamas. Israel also caught Hamas off guard then with a barrage of missile strikes and threatened to follow up with a ground offensive.

Much has changed since then.

Israel has improved its missile defense systems, but it is facing a more heavily armed Hamas. Israel estimates the militants have 12,000 rockets, including more sophisticated weapons from Iran and from Libyan stockpiles plundered after the fall of Moammar Gadhafi's regime there last year.

Also, regional alignments have changed dramatically since the last Gaza war. Hamas has emerged from its political isolation as its parent movement, the region-wide Muslim Brotherhood, has risen to power in several countries in the wake of last year's Arab uprisings, particularly in Egypt.

At the same time, while relations with Israel have cooled since the toppling of longtime Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, Islamist President Mohammed Morsi has not brought a radical change in Egypt's policy toward Israel. He has promised to abide by Egypt's 1979 peace deal with Israel and his government has continued contacts with Israel through its non-Brotherhood members.

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Laub reported from Gaza City, Gaza Strip.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/israel-hold-fire-egypt-premiers-gaza-visit-054837105.html

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love german books: Translation and the Academy

As I've probably mentioned before, there are few links between practitioners of literary translation and Translation Studies scholars - at least in the UK and Germany. In the US, however, the links are more obvious because many translators are also academics. I have no clear explanation for why this might be, other than a feeling that language learning takes place earlier (and more commonly) in Europe than the US, which means Europeans can reach the high level of understanding of foreign languages required to translate without necessarily having to gain a doctorate. Or have been able to in the past, when it comes to the UK.

I find European translators are often dismissive or wary of translation theory, or at least often say it has no influence on their work. I'm not sure that's actually the case - all of us are aware of equivalence of effect or translator invisibility, foreignising and domesticating, ideas that have trickled down over the centuries from scholars to practitioners. Personally, I think it makes sense for translators to take a look at translation theory, if only to help us defend our translation decisions in a more coherent way.

Whatever the case, those American translators working in academia seem to be gradually gaining more respect from their scholarly peers, as this interesting piece in Publishing Perspectives points out. Anna Clark tells us about what's going on at various American universities, including a cross-campus Translation Theme Semester at Michigan. Fascinating stuff.

I'd like to add a footnote on the subject of translation as part of creative writing courses. For writers, translation is a wonderful exercise in duplicating style, and a skill that they can hone, for example, on Columbia University's creative writing programme. I met a group of students taking part in an exchange between Leipzig and New York last year and felt they got a lot out of it. In fact one participant later received a PEN translation grant to continue his work. It would be great to see other creative writing courses adopting translation - although of course that will always require students to have sufficient foreign language skills, which may not be a problem in Germany but may well be in the States, and almost certainly will be in the UK, what with the general decline in language learning there.

My second footnote is on an academic conference at IULM in Milan, home to Tim Parks and his theory of globalisation leading to bland literature. I can heartily recommend Michele Hutchison's take on the conference and the issue on the English PEN website, partly because she shares my opinion that we have no proof of the phenomenon taking place to a significant extent. Swiss writer Peter Stamm had a chance to defend himself against accusations of writing plain style specifically with a global market in mind, and I particularly like the view of the Mexican writer Jorge Volpi:

who claimed similarly that, ?all novels take place in imaginary space?. His own novels are set in Germany, France and the US. It was only when he was published in Spain that he realised, to his great surprise, that he was considered ?an exotic Mexican writer?. He repeatedly had to defend himself against the question ? why had a Mexican written about Germany. The only possible answer was: why not?

Source: http://lovegermanbooks.blogspot.com/2012/11/translation-and-academy.html

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Death of Harold Washington, Chicago's first black mayor, stunned the city

The death of Chicago's first black mayor was marked by tears of sorrow, words of praise ? and down-and-dirty politicking.

A few days after Harold Washington had a fatal heart attack in his City Hall office, 25 years ago Nov. 25, a Tribune reporter came upon a 9-year-old girl at his grave. Catreece Bozman clutched a poem she said she'd written:

"Farewell to our mayor, our first black mayor,

who relieved our troubles and saved our sins,

who left our sidewalks clean and our houses together.

Farewell, farewell, the one and only our mayor.

Sleep tight."

It is hard to underestimate the impact of Washington's sudden death on the black community. Many compared it to a death in the family. He embodied the hopes and dreams of those who had twice elected him to office. When the news broke that the mayor had fallen ill, the day before Thanksgiving, residents of the South and West Side spontaneously gathered in Daley Center Plaza. At the announcement he had died, many people wept.

Tens of thousands viewed Washington's body when it lay in state at City Hall. They waited for hours in a line five to six people deep that extended five blocks. More than 4,000 people an hour walked by the coffin.

His funeral the following Monday at Christ Universal Temple, 11901 S. Ashland Ave., was televised, but more than 10,000 tried to attend, and the vast majority were left outside in the rain, singing and mourning.

"Even the skies wept for Harold Washington," an Oak Park reader wrote in a letter to the editor.

Hundreds lined the nine-mile route from the church to Oak Woods Cemetery, streaming out of their houses after watching the rites on TV. Signs along the route read, "We'll miss you, Harold. Love, Chicago" and simply, "Goodbye, Harold."

The day after the funeral, the City Council met to chose a successor, a session that lasted well into the next morning. At one point, the Tribune reported, Ald. Richard Mell jumped up on a conference-room table and implored a reluctant fellow alderman Eugene Sawyer to stay in the race, saying: "You've gotta, or we will be surrendering to mob rule." Sawyer, the senior black alderman, feared being labeled the "white man's mayor." A crowd in the council chambers was noisily demanding the election of Ald. Timothy Evans, arguing he was more likely to advance Washington's agenda.

But Sawyer was finally persuaded and sworn in at 4:04 a.m. Four minutes later, letters went out firing Washington's top aides. It came as no surprise to Jacky Grimshaw, director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, who managed the late mayor's final campaign.

The day Washington died, an alderman ? using Chicago slang for "political sponsor" ? told Grimshaw her "Chinaman was dead."

For Grimshaw, the tributes to her boss were as tough to take as the personal insult she suffered.

"As these people are walking around saying what a great man Harold Washington was," she told a Tribune reporter. "The same people who never let up on him for five years and tried to knock him down every chance they got now love the man. That's bull."

Yet in a sense, all the backbiting, insults and racial slurs marked the magnitude of Washington's accomplishment. Shoving history forward by the sheer force of a charismatic personality isn't a guaranteed crowd pleaser, especially in a polarized city like Chicago. Washington became mayor in 1983 by narrowly defeating Bernard Epton, a former state legislator who ran as a Republican ? which should have been enough to sink him in heavily Democratic Chicago, except that he was white.

His campaign slogan got right to the point: "Epton ? Before It's Too Late."

Campaigning for his first term on the Northwest Side, Washington faced the hostility long provoked by the sight of a black face in a white neighborhood; an angry crowd told black police officers accompanying him to "go back to the South Side where you belong."

Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-per-flash-washington-1118-20121118,0,6018913.story?track=rss

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Dr Ami Bera comes to Washington; third Indian-American elected to Congress

WASHINGTON: An Indian-American physician from California has become only the third person of Indian-origin to be elected to the US House of Representatives, attesting to the incremental progress the thriving community is making in politics and public life in America.

The Sacramento County Registrar of Voters announced on Friday that Ami Bera had increased his lead to 2.2 per cent against sitting Congressman Dan Lungren in last week's election, surging ahead by 5,696 votes after the latest round of counting, a margin Bera and his supporters think is insurmountable. The regular counting without absentee ballots and provisional votes had seen the two rivals less than 200 votes apart.

"Today's update shows that we've processed another 38,510 ballots since Tuesday's update. This leaves an estimated 7,782 vbm (vote by mail) and of course the 31,000 provisional ballots left to process," the County Registrar said. Next update is scheduled for Monday.

But Associated Press and the local media, not to speak of Bera himself, called the race for the Indian-American Democrat, for whom this was a second shot at the seat. "It's increasingly clear that the voters of Sacramento County want new leadership that puts the people first. Our lead continues to widen and we are confident that this election will be resolved in our favor," Bera said in a statement.

Lungren is yet to concede the race, but Bera is already in Washington DC for an orientation course for new lawmakers, which incidentally is being led by a committee headed by Lungren. Earlier this week, Bera, who describes himself as a Unitarian, attended the White House Diwali celebration along with Tulsi Gabbard, another newly elected lawmaker from Hawaii who is a self-described Hindu-American.

Bera is only the third Indian elected to the US Congress after Dalip Singh Saund, who was a mathematician with farming interests, and Bobby Jindal, who is a health policy expert and currently governor of Louisiana. Saund in fact was the first person of non-Abrahamic faith elected to the U.S Congress and the only Indian-American so far to clock three terms.

Like his Indian-American predecessors, Bera too has an impressive academic record in keeping with the community's cachet. He earned a bachelor's degree in biological sciences from the University of California at Irvine, and went on to get an MD in 1991. He served as Associate Dean for Admissions at the UC Davis School of Medicine and later as the Chief Medical Officer for the County of Sacramento. His wife Janine is also a physician and they have a 14-year young daughter, Sydra.

"As a first generation American, born and raised in California, the promise of America has been the story of my life," Bera told voters in his election pitch, promising to work for a "more compassionate, sensible, and sustainable America."

Source: http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/fy/8at2EuK0gjfAg3Wp/story01.htm

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Tricky Dix Mojo appearing on the Lifetime Hit TV Show, ?The ...

November 15th, 2012

(Pompano Beach, FL ? November 2012) O2 Media?s Hit Morning Show ?The Balancing Act? welcomes Jennifer Dixon, President and Creator of Tricky Dix Mojo All Spice ? a blend of 19 gourmet spices and herbs that add a powerful boost of flavor to a variety of foods and drinks.

?If you want a little spice at dinnertime, Tricky Dix Mojo will turn your ordinary meals into gourmet ? without the fuss,? said Jennifer Dixon. We?ve all been there?cooking food for the family and wanting to do something a little different. We pull out the recipe book, go to the pantry and look for spices only to discover we don?t have the spice we?re looking for or they?re all so old, you can?t use them anymore. Frustrated, you?ve just thrown your money and your time away.

That?s where Jennifer Dixon comes in. As a busy mom of five, she wanted a blend of spices and herbs that would be ready-to-use when she was short on time but needed an extra burst of flavor. With her co-creator and husband, Chris, they mixed a blend of 19 gourmet spices and herbs that started out as a one-purpose spice, but ended up becoming a SUPER SPICE in specialty food markets. ?We never imagined that it would end up tasting great on so many different types of foods and drinks.?

?The dads crave it as a meat rub when grilling; moms toss it on pasta and traditional dishes as a salt and pepper substitute; it?s great as a drink rimmer on Bloody Mary?s and Michilada?s, and the kids love it on everything from vegetables to salty and sweet snacks,? said Dixon. While on ?The Balancing Act?, Jennifer displays a variety of foods and shows the audience how easy ?a pinch or more? of any one of these flavorful spices can change a routine recipe into a gourmet delight for the entire family to enjoy.

Tricky Dix Mojo Original ? 19 ingredients featuring Garlic, Onion, Cumin and mild Chili?s Chix Dix Mojo ? Features Rosemary, Thyme, Parsley and Butter Porky Dix Mojo ? Infuses Lavender and Vanilla Sugar Hott Dix Mojo ? Tricky Dix Original with the smooth heat of Hatch Green Chili?s

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Georgia Anti-Immigrant Law Harms Healthcare | New York State ...

Georgia passed the same sorts of anti-immigrant laws as Arizona and Alabama. Most of those laws have been overturned as unconstitutional, but a Georgia law requiring health care professionals to prove their legal status has led to a a loss in doctors and nurses. Here is a report from Univision on this debacle:

A new immigration law in Georgia requires all healthcare workers, regardless of where they were born, to prove their citizenship or legal residency when renewing a professional license. Georgia?s secretary of state handles licensing for nurses, pharmacists and veterinarians, while its medical board issues licenses to doctors, physician assistants and acupuncturists. As National Public Radio reported, workers in both offices have been inundated with paperwork. As a result, licenses for doctors, nurses, pharmacists and others have expired.

The enactment of the new law also coincided with budget cuts that reduced the secretary of state?s office staff by 40 percent, compounding the problem.

Donald Palmisano Jr., the executive director of the Medical Association of Georgia, told NPR the law isn?t addressing a real problem.

?We?re not aware of any undocumented immigrants that are physicians,? he said.

The state also doesn?t check whether the documents being submitted are genuine, meaning someone could successfully hand in falsified papers.

?It?s absolutely the wrong time to be making it more burdensome for crucial careers such as nurses and doctors to be filled,? Katie O?Connor, an attorney with the civil rights group Advancement Project, told ABC/Univision News. ?This ad hoc, haphazard approach?is really doing a lot more damage than good.?

Both O?Connor and Palmisano Jr. call it a solution in search of a ?problem that doesn?t exist.?

?It?s similar to a lot of laws that purport to target or isolate undocumented immigrants,? Tanya Broder, senior attorney at the National Immigration Law Center, said. ?But often they?re in places where undocumented immigrants are not eligible in the first place.?

Broder said she hasn?t heard of undocumented immigrants attempting to practice medicine, and noted that Georgia has significantly fewer undocumented immigrants than other states such as California or Texas.

D.A. King, who helped write the law, told NPR even he thinks it needs some tweaking. Chris Perlera, a spokesman for Secretary of State Brian Kemp, told ABC/Univision News one possibility is requiring proof of citizenship or legal residency only for those applying for licenses for the first time, which would reduce the amount of work for office staff who process the applications and renewals.

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Investing in Main Street

by Marc Lichtenfeld, Investment U Senior Analyst
Wednesday, November 14, 2012: Issue #1904

Last week, while speaking at a conference in Washington, D.C., I told the audience that a 10-year Treasury bond is about the most dangerous thing you can have in your portfolio.

Not because I think the United States is about to go belly up and not pay its debts. A Treasury is still the safest thing you can own, if you want to ensure you get your principal back.

But owning Treasuries is all but guaranteed to destroy your buying power.

Here?s what I mean. Today, the 10-year Treasury is paying 1.61%. The most current inflation rate is 1.99%. So even at this ultra-low level of inflation, a 10-year Treasury bond doesn?t keep up with the rise in prices.

In 2012, the average rate of inflation has been 2.13%. The 10-year Treasury misses by over half a percentage point. And don?t forget, you pay taxes on Treasuries, reducing your return even more.

Let?s look at a few different scenarios so you can see by just how much your buying power is destroyed owning Treasuries.

If you buy a 10-year Treasury today, at the end of 10 years, you will have $1,161. You?ll have received $161 in interest and will have your original $1,000 returned.

But if inflation averages 2.13% over the next 10 years, what costs $1,000 today will cost $1,234 in 2022. If inflation ticks up to 2.4%, still a full percentage point below the historical average, you?ll need $1,267. At 3.4%, the historical average since 1914, you?ll need $1,397. And if all of this quantitative easing drives inflation above the average rate, to let?s say 4%, you?ll need $1,480 in 10 years to buy $1,000 worth of today?s goods and services.

Inflation Rate	Necessary Funds
2.13%	$1,234
2.4%	$1,267
3.4%	$1,397
4%	$1,480
1.61% 10 yr. Treasury	$1,161

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There are plenty of higher-yielding alternatives to Treasuries. You can buy a muni, a corporate, or a blue-chip dividend-paying stock. But, they all involve more risk. The reason Treasuries pay so little is because they?re the safest investment out there.

However, to lock up your money for 10 years at 1.61% per year is simply ludicrous. As I?ve shown you, even at incredibly low levels of inflation, your money will be worth less over the years than it is today.

Of course, you can always sell a Treasury, but if rates go up, the value of your bond will fall. Then you have to decide if it?s worth it to sell at a loss in order to invest the remaining funds at higher rates, or wait the 10 years to get your money back, even though your buying power is being destroyed along the way.

Instead of keeping your money held hostage for 10 years, consider settling for a little less interest ? but having complete liquidity. You can get your money any time you want, with no penalties.

There are money market funds out there paying 1% or more. They give you the flexibility to access your funds whenever you need, but pay a higher rate of interest than you can find most places, including CDs.

They?re not easy to find, but they do exist. My favorite is the money market offered by EverBank. It pays an astonishing 1.25% (about what you?d get in a three-year CD). Plus, for being an Investment U reader, you can get an additional 0.1%, bringing the rate up to 1.35%.

Full disclosure: Investment U has a financial relationship with EverBank and may receive compensation for new accounts.

However, I can tell you, that when I saw that rate, I moved a considerable amount of my own cash out of another financial institution in order to get that 1.25% offered by EverBank. It was only after I received that offer that I was able to negotiate an extra 0.1% bonus for Investment U readers.

There?s only one catch ? if you want that extra 0.1%, you have to call them. Go online to read all of the terms and conditions. But to get the bonus 0.1% that brings the rate up to 1.35%, you must call their dedicated concierge team at 1.855.283.1795 and give them REFER ID: 13571. That REFER ID is the only way to get the bonus rate, so be sure you call and give them REFER ID: 13571.

Even if you decide not to take advantage of EverBank?s 1.35% money market rate, find an alternative to Treasuries. Otherwise, it?s like watching your wealth drip down the drain, one drop at a time.

But at 1.35%, the EverBank money market is an excellent choice to safely park your cash until you find alternatives to wealth-destroying Treasuries. And considering you?re only sacrificing 0.25% for complete liquidity rather than a 10-year holding period, it?s a no-brainer.

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