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Monday, December 31, 2012
How The Africa Cup of Nations affects the Premier League and Football League - Group B review
Congo DR, Ghana, Mali and Niger are in Group B of the African Cup of Nations and their involvement has either directly or indirectly affected teams such as Bristol City, Arsenal, Leicester City, Birmingham City, West Ham, Fulham, Wolves, Crewe Alexandra, Brighton & HA, Peterbrough, Doncaster Rovers, Burton Albion and Watford.
Next year the African Nations Cup is once again in full flow as Zambia look to defend their title in South Africa. As always the competition will have an effect on global football as many stars players from the bigger leagues consider joining up with their countries in a bid to become kings of their home continent.
The Confederation of African Football has set the deadline for the submission of squads for January 9th; with the full list of 23-players being named by midnight. Any late submissions will see a substantial fine and the loss of a player from the list.
Some teams have announced their preliminary squads or training camp teams early but this of course doesn?t cater for the English League system whose continued lack of a winter break means most of the English based players will not be available until shortly before the competition starts on the 19th January.
But which Premier League and football league teams are going to win and lose from the Africa Cup of Nations?
Here is a country-by-country guide for Group B.
Ghana
The most likely loss will be Bristol City winger Albert Adomah who has been included in the original preliminary squad ahead of the January 9th deadline. There is however a large pool of Ghanaian nationals playing in the UK and the some have recently been called up to action so could feature despite not being named in the preliminary squad if others succumb to injury. Arsenal youngsters Daniel Boateng and Emmanuel Frimpong were recent call-ups and Championship duo Jeff Schlupp and Akwasi Asante of Leicester City and Birmingham City respectively could also be unavailable for up to a month.
Mali
The Eagles were the national side who first ignited the debate on releasing players for the African Nations when they called up the previously uncapped Fredi Kanoute in 2004. This time around they will cause less of a fuss as West Ham United would have to have been well aware of Modibo Maiga?s intentions to travel with his country. QPR again could be hit if Samba Diakite decides to travel while Fulham midfielder Mahamadou Diarra, who has struggled with injury this season, is another maybe. Wolves are the only other team likely to lose a man in the form of Tongo Doumbia.
Niger
Another shock qualifier as they disposed of Guinea in the qualifying stages. None of the squad have links to the UK but their defeat of Guinea has prevented the National Elephants from tempting Mathias Pogba, brother of ex Manchester United prospect Paul Pogba into representation after a good season so far with Crewe Alexandra.
Democratic Republic of Congo
Their captain Lomana Lua-Lua is no longer with Blackpool but his brother Kazenga, as yet uncapped, could be called upon at the expense of Brighton and Hove Albion. There are plenty of other players from the football league who are likely to be called upon by manager Claude Le Roy including Gabriel Zakuani of Peterbrough and Herita Ilunga of Doncaster Rovers. Burton Albion midfielder Jacques Maghoma is also a likely addition while Britt Assombalonga of Watford cannot be discounted. Reported Arsenal target Dieumerci Mbokani of Anderlecht will also be on his way.
Who do you think loses out most from the 2013 African Cup of Nations?
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Obama wants gun violence measures passed in 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Recalling the shooting rampage that killed 20 first graders as the worst day of his presidency, President Barack Obama pledged to put his "full weight" behind legislation aimed at preventing gun violence.
Obama voiced skepticism about the National Rifle Association's proposal to put armed guards in schools following the Dec. 14 tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The president made his comments Saturday in an interview that aired Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."
Instead, the president vowed to rally the American people around an agenda to limit gun violence, adding that he still supports increased background checks and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity bullet magazines. He left no doubt it will be one of his top priorities next year.
"It is not enough for us to say, 'This is too hard so we're not going to try,'" Obama said.
"I think there are a vast majority of responsible gun owners out there who recognize that we can't have a situation in which somebody with severe psychological problems is able to get the kind of high capacity weapons that this individual in Newtown obtained and gun down our kids," he added. "And, yes, it's going to be hard."
The president added that he's ready to meet with Republicans and Democrats, anyone with a stake in the issue.
The schoolhouse shootings, coming as families prepared for the holidays, have elevated the issue of gun violence to the forefront of public attention. Six adult staff members were also killed at the elementary school. Shooter Adam Lanza committed suicide, apparently as police closed in. Earlier, he had killed his mother at the home they shared.
The tragedy immediately prompted calls for greater gun controls. But the NRA is strongly resisting those efforts, arguing instead that schools should have armed guards for protection. Some gun enthusiasts have rushed to buy semiautomatic rifles of the type used by Lanza, fearing sales may soon be restricted.
Obama seemed unimpressed by the NRA proposal. "I am skeptical that the only answer is putting more guns in schools," he said. "And I think the vast majority of the American people are skeptical that that somehow is going to solve our problem."
The president said he intends to press the issue with the public.
"The question then becomes whether we are actually shook up enough by what happened here that it does not just become another one of these routine episodes where it gets a lot of attention for a couple of weeks and then it drifts away," Obama said. "It certainly won't feel like that to me. This is something that - you know, that was the worst day of my presidency. And it's not something that I want to see repeated."
Separately, a member of the president's cabinet said Sunday that rural America may be ready to join a national conversation about gun control. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the debate has to start with respect for the Second Amendment right to bear arms and recognition that hunting is a way of life for millions of Americans.
But Vilsack said Newtown has changed the way people see the issue. "I really believe that this is a different circumstance and a different situation," Vilsack said on CNN.
Vilsack said he thinks it's possible for Americans to come together. "It's potentially a unifying conversation," he said. "The problem is that these conversations are always couched in the terms of dividing us. This could be a unifying conversation, and Lord knows we need to be unified."
Besides passing gun violence legislation, Obama also listed deficit reduction and immigration as top priorities for 2013. A big deficit reduction deal with Republicans proved elusive this month, and Obama is now hoping Senate Democratic and Republican leaders salvage a scaled-back plan that avoids tax increases for virtually all Americans.
In addition, he issued a defense of former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, who has been mentioned as one of the leading candidates to replace Leon Panetta as defense secretary.
Hagel supported the 2002 resolution approving U.S. military action in Iraq, but later became a critic of the war. He has been denounced by some conservatives for not being a strong enough ally of Israel. Also, many liberals and gay activists have banded against him for comments he made in 1998 about an openly gay nominee for an ambassadorship.
Obama, who briefly served with Hagel in the Senate, stressed that he had yet to make a decision but called Hagel a "patriot."
Hagel "served this country with valor in Vietnam," the president said. "And (he) is somebody who's currently serving on my intelligence advisory board and doing an outstanding job."
Obama noted that Hagel had apologized for his 14-year-old remark on gays.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-wants-gun-violence-measures-passed-2013-140306667--finance.html
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Stock Market Secular Trend Review
by Erik McCurdy, Prometheus Market Insight
We stress often the need for proper context when performing market analysis. Short-term price behavior only has meaning when analyzed in the proper context afforded by the long-term view, so all investing and trading strategies should begin with a thorough understanding of the current secular environment. There have been five secular trends in the stock market since the crash in 1929, three downtrends and two uptrends.
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The current secular bear market began in 2000 following a speculative run-up during the second half of the 1990s. As usual, market behavior clearly signaled that a secular inflection point was approaching and our Secular Trend Score (STS), which analyzes a large basket of fundamental, internal, technical and sentiment data, issued a long-term sell signal in December 1999. At the time, our computer models predicted that stocks would enter a secular bear market that would last from 10 to 20 years. Following the topping process in 2000, a prototypical secular downtrend began and continues today.
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Stock market secular trends typically last from 10 to 20 years, depending upon the nature of underlying structural economic trends. Since we are currently in the final stage of a debt expansion cycle that began 60 years ago, it is highly likely that the current secular bear market is still several years away from its terminal phase.
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The STS supports the hypothesis that this secular downtrend is far from over as the score has yet to return to positive territory following the sell signal in 1999. Secular inflection points develop slowly, usually over the course of 6 to 12 months, so the STS will provide plenty of advance warning when the next true investment opportunity develops in the stock market.
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Secular trends are themselves composed of cyclical subcomponents, and the current cyclical uptrend began in March 2009. When they occur during secular bear markets, cyclical rallies have an average duration of 33 months. Therefore, at a current duration of 45 months, the bull market from 2009 is almost certainly in the final stage of its development. Following the market crash in 2008, the latest cyclical rally has been characterized by violent moves higher and lower. As expected in March, the last stimuli-fueled rally from October 2011 was followed by yet another violent retracement, and the uptrend has taken the form of a rising wedge, which is a technical formation that is usually followed by a severe decline.
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Cycle analysis predicted the formation of the latest intermediate-term cycle low (ITCL) when it developed in November. Since then, market behavior has tracked the intermediate-term scenario that our computer models identified as the most likely possibility when the low formed. A significant signal with respect to long-term direction could occur as soon as next week, so it will be important to continue monitoring market behavior closely.
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Additionally, it is important to remember that the risk/reward ratio of the stock market continues to hold near the highest level ever recorded. Anything can happen over short-term time periods, but the key to having consistent success over the long run as an investor and a trader is to stay aligned with the most likely scenarios and protect yourself from the unlikely ones. There will come a time when the risk/reward profile of stocks is once again favorable and the judicious study of market data will signal when that next long opportunity develops, just as it did in March 2009. However, now is a time for extreme caution and we remain fully defensive from an investment perspective.
We will identify the key developments as they occur in our daily market forecasts and signal notifications available to subscribers. Try our service for free. If you are a current subscriber, login to read the full version of this commentary.
Update: For changes in the market as of the end of the week (28 December 2012), read here.? This article appeared in the Prometheus Investing Thought box halfway down the right hand column on our front page, just above the Video of the Day.
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Saturday, December 29, 2012
31 Days to a Healthier You: A Delaware Social Media Campaign ...
NEW CASTLE (Dec. 28, 2012) ? Small steps toward good health can lead to big rewards. Building healthy habits often starts with small ideas about the changes you want to accomplish, a commitment to make those changes and, sometimes, a social connection to keep you going. To help promote a healthier Delaware, the Department of Health and Social Services, in connection with the Governor?s Office and the YMCA of Delaware, will kick off a social media campaign on Jan. 1 called ?31 Days to a Healthier You.?
Gov. Jack Markell, DHSS Secretary Rita Landgraf, Delaware Public Health Director Dr. Karyl Rattay and YMCA President/CEO Michael Graves will mark the campaign with a press event at 10 a.m. Jan. 2 at the Downtown Central YMCA in Wilmington.
Each day using Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, flickr, Instagram or YouTube, ?31 Days to a Healthier You? will offer fitness/activity ideas, nutritional information and healthy recipes, advice on how to quit smoking, tips on health screenings and more. The campaign will share links to information, photos, how-to videos and contact information, all using the hashtag #healthDE. The goal is to provide quick and easy-to-implement small steps that are both practical and will make a real difference in people?s lives.
?What a great way to start the New Year,? Gov. Markell said. ?Every year around Jan. 1, we collectively think about healthier habits we can embrace. This campaign offers Delawareans the opportunity to start 2013 with good advice for making small lifestyle changes that will lead to lasting differences in their lives. Plus, it encourages all of us to support one another. We hope you share this campaign with your family, your co-workers or your fellow students.?
Across the state, Delaware is starting to see improvement in some key health indicators. The prevalence of cigarette smoking among Delaware?s adults is among the lowest levels since the Division of Public Health began collecting data in 1982. And in the past 10 years, the rate of cardiovascular deaths dropped from 331.4 to 258.1 deaths per 100,000 population. Many challenges remain. While the obesity rates for children and adults appear to be leveling off, too many people remain at an unhealthy weight. Other indicators continue to rise. The state?s diabetes rate and the number of people who say they lead sedentary lives are still increasing. Small steps can make a big difference. For example, people at increased risk for type 2 diabetes can prevent or delay the disease?s onset by losing 5 percent to 7 percent of their body weight through increased physical activity and a reduced-fat and lower-calorie diet.
?Making small lifestyle changes can bring big rewards when it comes to your health,? Secretary Landgraf said. ?Whatever the change you are embracing ? making healthier food choices, being more physically active, quitting smoking or getting regular medical screenings ? this campaign will give you ideas and connections. Because the campaign involves social media, we need the public?s interaction, too. As part of that connectedness, we?ll ask you to share photos that illustrate your small health changes or offer inspiration to others.?
On Facebook and Instagram, Delawareans will be encouraged to share their photos that answer this question: What does ?Healthy? look like??
?Public Health is urging people to remember ?5-2-1 Almost None,? which means eating at least five servings of fruit or vegetables a day, watching no more than two hours of recreational screen time daily, being physically active for at least one hour a day and drinking almost no sugar-sweetened drinks,? said Dr. Rattay, director of DHSS? Division of Public Health. ?For example, drinking one less 12-ounce can of regular soda a day could save 15 pounds in a year. Pick the 5-2-1-Almost None goal you want to aim for and make a plan to take small steps to reach it.?
For the YMCA of Delaware, helping individuals build healthy lifestyle habits is a big part of its mission.
?The core of the YMCA of Delaware is healthy living, youth development and social responsibility, said Michael P. Graves, President of the YMCA of Delaware. ?We know from experience that?the beginning of the New Year is a time when people feel most optimistic and hopeful about changing behaviors and taking steps?towards healthier living. The Y has programs and classes in place to help people reach their goals. We work at it 365 days a year so we are thrilled to be part of Delaware?s 31 Days to a Healthier You?social media campaign.?
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OPM issues ?administrative furlough? guidance to agencies ...
Friday, December 28th, 2012
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has issued furlough policy guidance for federal workers in advance of possible severe funding reductions that would be caused by sequestration.?
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) officials have said that furloughs could be implemented if sequestration goes into effect.? Testifying before Congress in September, DoD Comptroller Bob Hale said sequestration could make it necessary for DoD to ?impose a hiring freeze, consider unpaid furloughs, and take other actions.?
The new guidance describes ?administrative furloughs? that are ?designed to absorb reductions necessitated by downsizing, reduced funding, lack of work, or any other budget situation other than a lapse in appropriations.?? This type of furlough could be applied if employee furloughs are necessary because an agreement is not reached to avert automatic across-the-board cuts set to go into effect on January 2, 2013.? OPM considers this guidance a precautionary measure.
Under the OPM guidance, which is described in a series of questions and answers, agencies are required to identify those employees who are affected by administrative furloughs and set up a process for notifying them.
If during furlough periods a furloughed employee?s salary is not sufficient to pay health insurance (FEHB) premiums, health insurance will remain in force.? The furloughed employee?s share ?will accumulate and be withheld from pay upon the employee?s pay becoming sufficient to cover premiums.
The guidance covers numerous other pay and employment-related situations and issues for employees on administrative furlough including: payment of unemployment compensation; leave and time off; injuries while on furlough; and federal employees serving military duty.
Source: http://www.asmconline.org/2012/12/opm-issues-administrative-furlough-guidance-to-agencies/
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Small Talk: 5 issues small-business owners will face in 2013 | The ...
John Arensmeyer, CEO of Small Business Majority, an advocacy group for small business owners, poses for a portrait at the Small Business Majority office in Washington, on Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Health care has been another source of uncertainty for small business owners. The new year will bring some, but probably not all, of the answers to questions about how the new health care law will affect them."They'll have to get their arms around the law, look at their options, learn more about the exchanges," says Arensmeyer. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
In 2013, small-business owners will contend with many of the same issues that made it hard to run their companies over the last 12 months.
They?re also heading into the new year with a lot of uncertainty. It?s unlikely that negotiations in Congress will resolve all of lawmakers? disagreements over tax and budget issues that affect small businesses. And there are still many questions about the implications of the health care law for small companies.
That points to continued caution ? and perhaps slow hiring ? among the nation?s small companies.
"Uncertainty is the bane of every small business," says Scott Shane, a professor of entrepreneurship at Case Western Reserve University?s Weatherhead School of Management in Cleveland. "Their only rational response is to pull in their horns and slow down."
Small businesses aren?t likely to get much encouragement from the economy. It?s expected to grow by no more than 3 percent in 2013, according to the Federal Reserve. That?s a moderate pace, better than the 1.7 percent that the economy grew during the first three quarters of 2012. But it?s also far from robust.
Here?s a look at some of the issues facing small businesses in the coming year:
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Taxes
Lawmakers are still haggling over what?s called the fiscal cliff, the combination of billions of dollars in tax increases and budget cuts. Even if Congress reaches an agreement, small-business owners won?t have the certainty they need, according to Todd McCracken, president of the National Small Business Association, a group that lobbies on behalf of small companies.
"It almost surely won?t be comprehensive enough that we won?t be revisiting it next year," McCracken says. He?s concerned that there?ll be another fiscal cliff in six months ? which would mean more negotiations and more uncertainty.
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Many small-business owners are worried about their personal tax rates. Sole proprietors, partners and owners of what are called S corporations, all report the income from their businesses on their individual Form 1040 returns. That means their companies are in effect taxed at personal rates, which can be higher than corporate rates.
One of the most important tax provisions for small businesses, the Section 179 deduction, will shrink to $25,000 next year from $125,000 in 2012. The deduction, which applies to equipment purchases, was $500,000 in 2011. Congress can increase the deduction at any time, even after 2013 has begun. But for the time being, business owners can?t count on getting a big break.
"It?s a huge change for companies planning on making investments," McCracken says.
It?s not known if Congress will extend the 2 percentage point payroll tax cut that workers have had for two years. If it doesn?t, consumers will have less money in their paychecks to spend, and that is likely to affect retailers and any other small businesses that sell directly to the public.
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Health care
Health care has been another source of uncertainty for small-business owners. The new year will bring some, but probably not all, of the answers to questions about how the new health care law will affect them. Many will have to devote some time to understanding the law ? or hire someone to help them do it.
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The 10 Best-Selling Books of 2012 - Business Insider
 rachelkramerbussel.com/Flickr 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' by E. L. James |
And now, a new report from Amazon.com confirms that James's ?Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three of the Fifty Shades Trilogy? is the best-selling book this year.
Amazon.com recently released its list of the best-selling books of 2012. It looked at the sales of books and eBooks that were published in 2012.
Two of James's books made the list, including "Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three of the Fifty Shades Trilogy? (#1) and ?Fifty Shades Trilogy: Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed 3-volume Boxed Set? (#3). ?Gone Girl: A Novel? by Gillian Flynn came in second.
The top 10 best-selling books overall are:
1. ?Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three of the Fifty Shades Trilogy? by E. L. James
2. ?Gone Girl: A Novel? by Gillian Flynn
3. ?Fifty Shades Trilogy: Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed 3-volume Boxed Set? by E. L. James
4. ?Bared to You: A Crossfire Novel? by Sylvia Day
5. ?No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden? by Mark Owen
6. ?The Marriage Bargain (Marriage to a Billionaire)? by Jennifer Probst
7. ?Reflected in You: A Crossfire Novel? by Sylvia Day
8. ?The Racketeer? by John Grisham
9. ?Defending Jacob: A Novel? by William Landay
10. ?The Innocent? by David Baldacci
SEE ALSO:? The 10 Most Read Books In The World >
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-10-best-selling-books-of-2012-2012-12
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Friday, December 28, 2012
Baby Boomer Alert: #1 Hit Maker Fontella Bass Dies At 72! (VIDEO)
She really only had one hit?but it was a doozie!
Fontella Bass, who had a monster #1 hit in 1965 called ?Rescue Me,? has died in St. Louis according to family members.? ?Rescue me? stayed at #1 for over a month and sold 1.2-million records.
Turn your speakers up and pay tribute to one of the 1960s greatest ?One Hit Wonders.?
Source: http://cnynews.com/baby-boomer-alert-1-hit-maker-fontella-bass-dies-at-72-video/
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Winter storm whips across Northeast
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ? A powerful winter storm brought snow to inland parts of the Northeast and driving rain and wind to areas along the coast Thursday, a day after it swept through the nation's middle, dumping a record snowfall in Arkansas and ruining holiday travel plans for thousands.
The storm, which was blamed for 12 deaths, pushed through the Upper Ohio Valley and made its way into the Northeast Wednesday night. By Thursday morning, there was anywhere from a few inches of snow to a foot in some locations.
National Weather Service spokesman David Roth said the Northeast's heaviest snowfall would be in northern Pennsylvania, upstate New York and inland sections of several New England states before the storm ended Friday morning and headed to Canada.
The East Coast's largest cities ? New York, Philadelphia and Boston ? were seeing mostly high winds and rain Thursday morning. Other areas were getting a messy mix of rain and snow or just rain ? enough to slow down commuters and those still heading home from visits with family.
Thousands of travelers were trying to make it home Thursday after the fierce storm stranded them at airports or relatives' homes around the region. Some inbound flights were delayed in Philadelphia and New York's LaGuardia, but the wet and windy weather wasn't leading to delays at other major East Coast airports.
A flight that landed safely in Pittsburgh during the storm Wednesday night got stuck in snow for about two hours on the tarmac.
The American Airlines flight arrived between 8 and 9 p.m., but then ran over a snow patch and got stuck.
Airport spokeswoman JoAnn Jenny told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers tried for nearly two hours to tow the plane to the gate before deciding to bus passengers to the terminal.
Hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed on Wednesday and scores of motorists got stuck on icy roads or slid into drifts. Said John Kwiatkowski, an Indianapolis-based meteorologist with the weather service: "The way I've been describing it is as a low-end blizzard, but that's sort of like saying a small Tyrannosaurus rex."
The storm system spawned Gulf Coast region tornadoes on Christmas Day, startling people like Bob and Sherry Sims of Mobile, Alabama, who'd just finished dinner.
"We heard that very distinct sound, like a freight train," said Bob Sims. They headed for a center bathroom.
Power was still out at the Sims' home on Wednesday, but the house wasn't damaged and they used a generator to run heaters to stay warm. Some neighbors were less fortunate, their roofs peeled away and porches smashed by falling trees.
The storm also left freezing temperatures in its aftermath, and forecasters said parts of the Southeast from Virginia to Florida saw severe thunderstorms.
Schools on break and workers taking holiday vacations meant that many people could avoid messy commutes, but those who had to travel were urged to avoid it. Snow was blamed for scores of vehicle accidents as far east as Maryland, and about two dozen counties in Indiana and Ohio issued snow emergency travel alerts, urging people to go out on the roads only if necessary.
About 40 vehicles got bogged down trying to make it up a slick hill in central Indiana, and four state snowplows slid off roads as snow fell at the rate of 3 inches an hour in some places.
Officials in Ohio blamed the bad weather for a crash that killed an 18-year-old girl, who lost control of her car Wednesday afternoon and smashed into an oncoming snow plow on a highway northeast of Cincinnati.
A man and a woman in Evansville, Ind., were killed when the scooter they were riding went out of control on a snowy street Wednesday and they were hit by a pickup truck.
Two passengers in a car on a sleet-slickened Arkansas highway were killed Wednesday in a head-on collision, and two people, including a 76-year-old Milwaukee woman, were killed Tuesday on Oklahoma highways. Deaths from wind-toppled trees were reported in Texas and Louisiana. Other storm-related deaths include a man checking on a disabled vehicle near Allentown, Pa., who was struck and killed Wednesday night, and two people killed in separate crashes in Virginia.
The day after Christmas wasn't expected to be particularly busy for AAA, but its Cincinnati-area branch had its busiest Wednesday of the year. By mid-afternoon, nearly 400 members had been helped with tows, jump starts and other aid, with calls still coming in, spokesman Mike Mills said.
In Arkansas, some of the nearly 200,000 people who lost power could be without it for as long as a week because of snapped poles and wires after ice and 10 inches of snow coated power lines, said the state's largest utility, Entergy Arkansas.
Gov. Mike Beebe, who declared a statewide emergency, sent out National Guard teams, and Humvees transported medical workers and patients. Snow hadn't fallen in Little Rock on Christmas since 1926, but the capital ended Tuesday with 10.3 inches of it.
Other states also had scattered outages.
As the storm moved east, New England state highway departments were treating roads and getting ready to mobilize with snowfall forecasts of a foot or more.
Few truckers were stopping into a TravelCenters of America truck stop in Willington, Conn., near the Massachusetts border early Thursday. Usually 20 to 30 an hour stop in overnight, but high winds and slushy roads had cut that to two to three people an hour.
"A lot of people are staying off the road," said Louis Zalewa, 31, who works there selling gasoline and staffing the store. "I think people are being smart."
As usual, winter-sports enthusiasts welcomed the snow. At Smiling Hill Farm in Maine, Warren Knight was hoping for enough snow to allow the opening of trails.
"We watch the weather more carefully for cross-country skiing than we do for farming. And we're pretty diligent about farming. We're glued to the weather radio," said Knight, who described the weather at the 500-acre farm in Westbrook as being akin to the prizes in "Cracker Jacks ? we don't know what we're going to get."
Behind the storm, Mississippi's governor declared states of emergency in eight counties with more than 25 people reported injured and 70 homes left damaged.
Cindy Williams stood near a home in McNeill, Miss., where its front had collapsed into a pile of wood and brick, a balcony and the porch ripped apart. Large oak trees were uprooted and winds sheared off treetops in a nearby grove. But she focused instead on the fact that all her family members had escaped harm.
"We are so thankful," she said. "God took care of us."
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Associated Press writers Rick Callahan and Charles Wilson in Indianapolis, Kelly P. Kissel in Little Rock, Ark.; Jim Van Anglen in Mobile, Ala.; Holbrook Mohr in Jackson, Miss.; Julie Carr Smyth and Mitch Stacy in Columbus, Ohio; Amanda Lee Myers in Cincinnati; David Dishneau in Hagerstown, Md.; and David Sharp in Portland, Maine, contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/storm-whips-northeast-bringing-snow-rain-093047903--finance.html
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PFT: Gronkowski practicing, but?still 'not ready yet'
Getty ImagesThe soap opera continues, more than a week after the fat lady finished singing.
Quarterback-of-all-trades Tim Tebow has addressed with the media the report that he asked to be omitted from the team?s Wildcat package after being informed that he wouldn?t be the starting quarterback in Week 16.
?I never said, ?Hey, I don?t want to do anything.? I won?t do anything,?? Tebow said Wednesday, via Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News.? ?That wasn?t the talk at all.? He knows that.? And everybody on this team knows that I would never not to do something if I was asked.? That?s what?s disappointing.? People saying, ?Oh, you quit.? Or you didn?t do this.?? That was not it at all.? It was just me asking to get an opportunity to play the position I love, which is quarterback.? It wasn?t me asking out of anything.?
Tebow acknowledges that coach Rex Ryan may have misinterpreted the message, and Tebow says he wishes he would have been ?more clear? when meeting with Ryan.
?I was definitely disappointed and frustrated and I let him know that,? Tebow said.? ?Just asked for an opportunity to play quarterback.? [On Friday, I told him that] I would do anything for this team like I have all year from punt to hands team to catching passes . . . whatever I could do. He appreciated that. He understood. We got a great relationship still.?
And that?s where the logic falls apart.? Tebow wouldn?t have had to tell Ryan that Tebow would do whatever the team needed on Friday.? Ryan would have already known it.
Tebow said he was bothered by the notion that he?s not a good teammate, which was perpetuated by whoever from the Jets organization told multiple reporters that Tebow asked to be left out of the Wildcat package.
?You work your whole life to build a reputation,? Tebow said.
That line, of course, will do nothing to convince those who think that Tebow is concerned more about his image than anything else.? Indeed, it will make the skeptics even more suspicious that there?s a disconnect between Tebow and his ?reputation.?
For that reason, it would make more sense for Tebow to admit that, yes, he?s human.? And, yes, he sometimes has bad days.? And, yes, he was frustrated last week.? And, yes, he made it known that if he?s not the starter he doesn?t want to be the gimmick, either.
Saying that would go a much longer way toward helping his ?reputation? than the clumsy manner in which he has handled the current situation.
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
Agroforestry BC: Business Development Tools For Interior ...
Agroforestry systems can be a beneficial option for small lot agricultural producers in BC, potentially providing both ?bottom line? business returns and improving land productivity.? Interest is often expressed by new and established producers to learn more about these opportunities, however, there are currently few formal resources for producers to assist them with building their agroforestry businesses.
To respond to this need, the Splatsin First Nation, with funding from the BC Agroforestry Industry Development Initiative, will develop a user-friendly, step-by-step business planning and development guide for interior agroforestry producers.? As part of developing this tool, current agroforestry producers, or those agricultural producers interested in transitioning to these production systems, will provide input via a survey.? The guide will also be ?field tested? on current agroforestry or agricultural producers in the Splatsin and Cariboo areas through two extension workshops.
These business support tools will aid in developing the business case for agroforestry in BC and enhance awareness of agroforestry opportunities, through providing producers with timely, actionable information, to those considering initiating or expanding an agroforestry venture.? The guide could be used by existing agroforestry businesses to enhance their enterprise, or by current agricultural producers who wish to learn more about the economic and environmental returns from developing an agroforestry business.? Although the guide will be a ?step by step? tool, land owners and managers will be able to use the agroforestry business template information and tailor it to their own circumstances.
Splatsin (formerly known as the Spallumcheen Indian Band) is one of seventeen communities that comprise the Secwepemc Nation. Splatsin First Nation has three reserves: IR #1 Salmon River, IR #2 Enderby and IR #3 Sicamous.? Splatsin has a lengthy history with natural resource management, agriculture and agroforestry.? The agroforestry business development tools project is being managed by the Splatsin Economic Development office.? For more information on this project or the upcoming extension workshops, please contact Splatsin at 250-838-6496.
Source: http://www.agroforestry.info/2012/12/business-development-tools-for-interior.html
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Obama cuts vacation short to deal with fiscal crisis
HONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is cutting short his Hawaiian holiday to leave for Washington on Wednesday to address the unfinished "fiscal cliff" negotiations with Congress, the White House said on Tuesday.
As the clock ticks toward a January 1 deadline, efforts to avert a sharp rise in taxes and deep spending cuts have stalled, worrying world financial markets.
Obama and congressional lawmakers left Washington on Friday for the Christmas holidays with talks to avert the fiscal disaster in limbo.
When Obama arrives back in Washington early on Thursday, the focus will shift to the U.S. Senate after Republicans in the House of Representatives failed to pass their own budget measures last week.
Obama is expected to turn to a trusted Democratic ally, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, to help craft a quick deal.
White House aides began discussing details of the year-end budget measure with Senate Democratic counterparts early this week, a senior administration official said on Monday
The president will also need at least tacit approval from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to insure Republicans will permit passage of what is likely to be a stripped down bill that prevents taxes from rising on all Americans.
The measure may not, however, contain difficult spending cuts both parties had sought to speed deficit reduction. It is unclear how the president will seek to address the draconian across-the-board government spending reductions set to go into effect early in the year without a deal.
McConnell, who is up for re-election in 2014, has been a cautious participant in the process. His spokesman has said it was now up to Democrats in the Senate to make the next move.
Once clear of the Senate, the fiscal cliff legislation must also win enough bipartisan support to pass the House of Representatives, which failed last week to approve Speaker John Boehner's proposal to extend tax breaks for all Americans earning less than $1 million a year.
Conservative Republicans balked at any tax increases at all and withdrew support for the measure, which never came to a vote. Some Republican votes will be needed to pass any Senate bill.
BIG DAY THURSDAY
The next session of the Senate is set for Thursday, but the issues presented by the fiscal cliff - across-the-board tax increases and indiscriminate reductions in government spending - were not on the calendar.
The House has nothing on its schedule for the week, but members have been told they could be called back with 48 hours notice, making a Thursday return a theoretical possibility.
Obama and his family arrived in Hawaii early on Saturday and have devoted their time to spending the Christmas holiday together. First Lady Michelle Obama and the couple's two daughters are to remain in Hawaii, suggesting the president hopes to rejoin them if a deal is struck
Before the talks ran into trouble, Obama had originally been expected to stay in Hawaii - where he was born - until well into the first week of January.
But many observers are pessimistic that lawmakers, who have repeatedly come close to agreement only to see negotiations collapse, can wrap up a deal in the few days left before the end-of-year cut-off point.
The impact of a blown deadline would likely be first seen in financial markets, which wobbled last week after House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner's "Plan B" tax and spending effort fell flat.
Obama had offered a deal early last week that would have let tax rates rise for those making more than $400,000 a year, a higher threshold than the $250,000 income level he originally wanted to subject to higher tax rates. However, Boehner was unimpressed with the offer and pursued his alternative instead.
The president appears to have set consideration of fiscal cliff issues aside during his four days in Hawaii. His only public events have been to attend the funeral of long-time Hawaiian Senator Daniel Inouye on Sunday and a Christmas Day visit to soldiers at a Marine Corps base near the vacation home his family is using in Kailua, Hawaii.
He has spent his time with family and friends, with excursions to play golf, exercise, go hiking or to the beach.
(With additional reporting by Jade Eckhardt in Kailua, Hawaii; editing by Alistair Bell and Todd Eastham)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/president-obama-may-return-washington-soon-wednesday-aide-014403713.html
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Crest Media Helps Businesses Leverage Los Angeles Social Media ...
Glendora, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/26/2012 -- More and more online entrepreneurs are finding the great opportunity that social media can provide their business with. Be it for getting the word out about the business, for generating more leads, or for drawing massive traffic, there is no argument that online businesses can utilize the discussions and interactions that social media is all about in order to understand the changing market trends.
While it is evident that social media is becoming the buzz among webpreneurs, the real challenge lies in determining the exact social media campaign strategies that allow them to effectively connect with customers and build brand recognition.
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"Social media marketing is about making yourself stand out, and that's exactly what our social media agency does," Crest Media president Mike Marquardt says about the premier social media agency. "We can do it all: fan and follow acquisitions, provoking interaction and engagement, creating content and posting it. From status updates to polls to advertising specials and posting links to your blog, trust Crest Media to manage your social media marketing campaign."
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Updated: Netflix Crippled On Christmas Eve By AWS Outages
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even those in the lighthearted holiday fare you were planning to watch on Netflix, which has been down since 1pm PST for some customers. Netflix confirmed the outage with a tweet on its official channel, though Netflix Cloud Architect Adrian Cockcroft said on Twitter that the service is still working on some devices.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/t4KWJwEQmFo/
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
What Harvard Business Does For You - Business Insider
Mod Note (Andy): This is a syndication from ryanallis.com
The admissions department at Harvard Business School asked me to write a reflection on my first semester for the Class of 2015 pre-matriculation blog. Here?s what I sent in. I hope it gives an insight into what I?ve experienced the last four months. In summary, I?m loving every moment. Come visit me in the Spring semester if you?d like to see HBS for yourself!
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A Letter to the HBS Class of 2015
A Review of the First Semester of Harvard Business School
By Ryan Allis, Class of 2014, Section F
December 17, 2012
Dear Future Friend,
Congratulations on getting into the HBS MBA Class of 2015!
As I left Aldrich Hall at HBS after finishing my last final of the first semester, I smiled, knowing that I would return home to San Francisco for the Holidays changed forever.
I considered a question as I walked through the Spangler tunnel on my way to the taxi stand, ?What is itexactly?that Harvard Business School does??
Does it teach you finance? Does it teach you marketing? Does it teach you storytelling? Does it teach you operations?
Sure. But that?s not what HBS does.
What Harvard Business School does is:
- Teach you a deeply analytical thinking process critical to making high quality decisions and becoming a transformational leader;
- Enable you to build a team or find a team of superstars to go after any big world challenge that you wish; and
- Give you constant psychological reinforcement and mentors that enable you to refine and then actually execute on your dreams to make a difference.
Below I?ll share more about how HBS accomplishes each of the above based on my experience to date.
1. HBS Refines Your Thinking Process & Decision Making Ability
HBS teaches you a process for critical, analytical, and deep thinking that leads to a much better ability to make the key decisions that enable you to make a bigger impact in the world.
HBS teaches you to see one problem from ninety angles?equal to the number of classmates in your first year section with whom you?ll take each class and form meaningful lifelong bonds.
In your first semester, you?ll realize that there is rarely only one objective truth. You?ll see that rather there are various perspectives that many smart and reasonable people can hold. These smart classmates argue logically, often compellingly, enabling your mental models for the world to rapidly improve.
In your first semester you?ll realize that reality is seen through your own lens?which is a definitionally subjective lens. As you hear the various perspectives of your classmates your understanding of ?what is truth? and your approach to seeing reality as clearly as possible will improve.
And in your first semester you?ll read 150 cases (that?s 2500 pages!) on topics ranging from building a business in the electroencephalography headset market to launching a water start-up in Tanzania.
2. HBS Changes The People You?re Surrounded By
As you might expect, HBS changes the caliber of the people in your life.
I have found that we are greatly influenced by the twenty closest people in our lives. If you are around amazing, inspiring, high-integrity and highly competent people then you are pushed, move upward, and grow. Your sphere of opportunities, perspectives on the world, and ability to contribute back to humanity all expand.
HBS allows you to not only get into the rooms in which the world?s decisions get made but also find a network of superstars to bring into the room with you. Nuclear physics PhD from MIT? Check. Solar panel builder? Check. Database scalability engineer? Check. Battalion Commander? Check. Tech CEO? Check. Financial modeler extraordinaire? Check. Synthetic biology hacker? Check. Diverse thinkers from dozens of countries? Check.
You?ll be able to build lifelong ties with people who are highly competent and want to make a big difference in the world?greatly expanding the frontier of opportunities available to you and your ability to find leverage points to influence the world.
After just one semester here I?ve formed close relationships with at least ten close authentic, caring, and extremely competent people with whom I know I will become lifelong friends, forever influencing the future direction of my life.
Coming in, I expected most people at HBS would be focused on the pursuit of business for the maximization of short-term profits and only a few would care deeply about using business to make a difference in the world.
Instead, I?ve found the large majority of students at HBS think about and care about our world and the progress of humanity and see business as a tool to make a scalable sustainable difference.
It seems that HBS takes applicants who have shown they have the raw material for global leadership and provides the thinking framework and global network necessary for greatly scaling their positive impact on the world.
3. HBS Helps You Use Your Life to Make a Bigger Difference in the World
Whether or not you already have your life dreams mapped out, HBS provides an ideal environment to take time to introspectively reflect on and clarify the purpose of your life. HBS provides the landscape for wide-ranging exploration and reflection and the support to go in any direction you wish.
After taking the time to determine how you wish to use your one life to make a difference, you can use your HBS network to build the team or find the team whose organizational mission aligns with your personal mission.
I?ve found that HBS helps students come out the other side of their time here with a better framework for how the world works, a clarified life purpose, a deeper compassion for humanity coming from enhanced exposure to cultural complexity, and the support network to fly higher than one could alone.
So you want to create a sustainable world? Awesome. HBS will show you how to create or join a clean tech team. Want to create a world in which every human has access to basic needs like food, water, and shelter? Awesome. HBS will show you how to build or join a team creating the institutions and businesses that create sustainable growth in frontier markets.
Need mentors for a synthetic biology software startup. Just go talk to a one of the many Entrepreneurs-in-Residence at the HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and they?ll connect you up with the right people. Want to join a team using EEG headsets to use thoughts to control computer software? No problem. On campus is the Harvard Innovation Lab with dozens of start-up teams. You are also just two miles away from the MIT Media Lab building the next generation of human computer interfaces and two miles from Kendall Square?the R&D and start-up epicenter of the East Coast.
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Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/what-harvard-business-does-for-you-2012-12
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Illinois Clergy Push For Gay Marriage Legalization ? CBS Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) ? A group of clergy members is pushing to legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois.
- Illinois CLergy Push For Gay Marriage
- WBBM Newsradio's Lisa Fielding
More than 200 pastors and rabbis released an open letter calling for lawmakers to approve legislation allowing gay marriage.
They say it is a matter of equality, conscience and justice. The group plans to send the letter to state lawmakers.
?Yesterday was a milestone in the discussion because religious leaders from across Illinois from a wide array of faiths came together today saying there is no reason why gay and lesbian couples in loving committed relationships should not be afforded the freedom to marry,? said Bernard Cherkasov, CEO of Equality Illinois.
State Representative Greg Harris (D-Chicago) and State Senator Heather Steans (D-Chicago) say they will call for a vote on the bill when lawmakers gather in January.
Source: http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/12/23/illinois-clergy-push-for-gay-marriage-legalization/
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Occupy LA sues city over mass detentions
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Los Angeles Police Department officers arrest an Occupy LA protester at the encampment at City Hall on Nov. 30, 2011.
By Jason Kandel, NBCLosAngeles.com
LOS ANGELES -- Occupy Los Angeles demonstrators are suing the city for what they said was an unlawful ?shock and awe? attack on their civil rights when 1,400 police officers swept nearly 300 demonstrators from City Hall grounds more than a year ago.
The Nov. 30, 2011 arrests at Los Angeles City Hall came after an eight-week encampment aligned with the Occupy Wall Street movement calling attention to ?bailouts for Wall Street and foreclosures for Main Street.?
Five people are suing in a class action lawsuit that represents 292 people detained by officers in the raid. Court documents said those arrested were denied food and water for hours while being detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center downtown, at a jail in Van Nuys or on a bus en route to the lockup.
Some were forced to urinate on themselves after being denied access to restrooms, court documents allege.
Three of the five people suing are members of or participants in the Occupy Los Angeles movement. One person was a videographer not associated with the Occupy protests but who was videotaping the officers during the incident. He claims he was arrested even after he said he complied with officers? orders to disperse.
The fifth person is a reporter for the left-wing radio station KPFK who was detained when he decided to stay with the protesters during the arrests, court records said.
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One of the women suing claimed in court papers that an officer pinched her nipple and inner thigh as part of a ?pain compliance? technique during the arrests and she suffered bruises to her body.
The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Los Angeles on Thursday, said arrestees were forced to urinate and defecate on themselves while handcuffed while en route on a bus to the lockup.
The lawsuit names the city and county of LA, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck.
The Mayor?s Office did not return a message on Saturday. An LAPD spokeswoman said the department doesn?t comment on pending litigation.
Court documents: Read the complaint
The case stems from the sweep on Nov. 30 of City Hall by some 1,400 police officers, that the protesters said in court documents was dubbed by Beck ?shock and awe,? a reference made famous by former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Jason Redmond / Reuters
Police stand guard after removing protesters from the Occupy LA encampment outside City Hall in Los Angeles on Nov. 30, 2011.
The protesters said they were ejected from City Hall lawn in an ?unprecedented show of force by the LAPD.?
?The only weapon plaintiffs had in this instance was the First Amendment,? wrote Carol Sobel, in the lawsuit. She was part of a law firm that won a nearly $13 million settlement against LA for a police response to an immigrants' rights march on May Day 2007 at MacArthur Park.
The Occupy demonstrators were swept off the City Hall lawn after a two-month encampment and growing fears by city officials of crime and public health threats. Villaraigosa made references during a press conference days before the raid to the presence of children at the protest site as a reason to sweep the demonstrators out.
As many as 500 men, women and children were estimated to have camped out on the City Hall lawn, some in tents and other makeshift homes, city officials said.
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