April 2011

Friday, April 8, 2011

Venezuela polarized over Chavez's land policy

Reporting from Caracas, Venezuela
When Elbert Santiago, a poor messenger service worker and sister of, heard about a chance to trade up from his "hole" of a slum apartment to a place a short stroll from the presidential palace, they didn't think four times.

After all, the cost was the same for both places: practically nothing.

Santiago is a squatter, of the army of poor who with the encouragement of leftist President Hugo Chavez have taken over an estimated 155 office, apartment and government buildings here in the Venezuelan capital.

Movie review: 'Born to Be Wild 3D'

The captivating documentary "Born to Be Wild 3D" spotlights the wonderful efforts of matchless ladies elephant authority Daphne M. Sheldrick & famed primatologist Biruté Mary Galdikas who have dedicated their lives to the rescue & rehabilitation of orphaned, endangered animals. Although it runs a fleet 40 minutes, the film proves a rich & memorable journey.

Warmly directed by David Lickley & introduced in arresting IMAX 3-D, the film shuttles between Kenya-based Sheldrick's work raising child elephants & Galdikas' labors on behalf of orangutans in the Borneo rain forest. With the help of their devoted native teammates, these veteran conservationists tirelessly prepare their animals for reentry in to the wild, doing everything, well, humanly feasible to duplicate the presence of the creatures' natural parents & original habitats.

Work begins on Shanghai Disneyland

In a carefully staged groundbreaking ceremony interspersed with singing & dancing, Iger said the new park would feature a blend of East & West & underscored the importance of the $3.7-billion project for Disney.

Reporting from Shanghai-
Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Robert A. Iger was joined by Shanghai's Communist Party chief & the city's mayor Friday to officially commence construction of a long-awaited theme park that will give the Burbank company a critical beachhead in mainland China.

Rep. Paul Ryan's Medicare privatization plan

But because commercial insurers cost more to run than government designs, the Wisconsin Republican's proposal to privatize Medicare beginning in 2022 would actually spark a dramatic increase in how much the nation spends on healthcare for the elderly, according to an independent analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

Reporting from Washington-
When House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan unveiled his blueprint this week for cutting federal spending by $5.8 trillion over the next decade, they argued that a revamping of the government's health safety net would rein in skyrocketing costs.

Another NATO airstrike has killed rebels

The incident followed the death of 13 rebels last weekend when a NATO warplane mistakenly opened fire on the fighters, according to the rebels' military command. The latest episode was met with frustration among the opposition's leaders, who accused the West of not moving aggressively to cease Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi's forces as they besiege cities & advance on the rebels' battle positions.

Reporting from Benghazi & Tripoli, Libya.
Libyan rebels were killed in an airstrike Thursday that the opposition's top general blamed on NATO.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

New York Bus Accident : Lawyer News Update

Governor Cuomo's director of State Operations, Howard Glaser reported that the DMV has since suspended Williams driving privileges. State officials claim Williams obtained his license by giving false statements & aliases to conceal his true driver's license. The DMV reported they were combing their records to select the exact number of aliases Williams used historicallyin the past.

New York City (New York Personal Injury News) - In an update to the historicallyin the past reported article New York City Bus Accident Lawyer News: 13 Dead, 19 Injured, the driver of the bus that overturned was operating the vehicle under a fraudulent license. The news about Ophadel William's false statements that got to the New York Department of Motor Vehicles was reported by the New York Every day News on Thursday, March 17, 2011.

Is Gulf Stream slowing down ?

The Gulf Stream does not appear to be slowing down, say US scientists who have used satellites to monitor tell-tale changes in the height of the see. Confirming work by other scientists using different methodologies, they found dramatic short-term variability but no longer-term trend.A slow-down - dramatised in the film The Day After Tomorrow - is projected by some models of climate change. The research is published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

It forms part of a bigger movement of water, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, which is itself one part of the global thermohaline process of currents.

Celebrate New School with Ice Cream

Ice cream cart service was provided to each classroom in the single corridor that connects the entirety of the lower grades of Clarkdale, which encompasses a single wing on the Compton Simple campus. As he pushed the cart of sweet treats, Assistant Principal Tammy Watson was greeted with cheers from the scholars of "Yeah, ice cream!" As he proceeded from room to room, he delivered four messages to the scholars: The new school has been approved, & Principal Marjorie Bickerstaff ordered a schoolwide ice cream celebration. There were no objections to the latter.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Budget Fight Looming on Medicare and Governmnet's Size

The plan, which is scheduled to be unveiled Tuesday, will be the most ambitious Republican hard work since the November elections to put a conservative stamp on economic and domestic policyowner. It involves far greater stakes for Congress and for President Obama substantively and politically than the current fight over spending cuts.

WASHINGTON - Congress has yet to settle its first budget fight of the year but is already about to move on to an even more consequential fiscal clash. Even as the four parties struggled over the weekend to reach a deal on federal spending for the next five months and avert a government shutdown at the finish of the week, House Republicans were finishing a budget proposal for next year and beyond. It is likely to spur an ideological showdown over the size of government and the role of entitlement programs like Medicaid and Medicare.

Japan’s Nuclear Disaster Severs , Setting Evacuees Adrift

They called several days ago, asking for me,Mr. Takahashi said. I must return. They shrugged off a query about the dangers; in Fukushima's stagnant economy, they said, they was lucky to have a job at all.I try not to give it some thought, they said.

KAZO, Japan . Along with 1,300 other evacuees from a town five miles from Japan's damaged nuclear plants, Kunikazu Takahashi & his elderly brother are crowded in to an abandoned high school here, sleeping on donated tatami mats as they ask themselves whether it will ever be safe to return. But Mr. Takahashi, 47, feels they has no choice: to earn to support his brother, they needs to return to his job as a technician at the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant, five miles from the Daiichi plant, which is spewing radioactive particles.

Inspiring Doctors ,Go Far Afield to Battle Epidemics

Dr. Young, 33, & the nurses they trained here have persuaded lots of pregnant females to get tested & take the drugs that prevent them from passing the illness to their newborns. It is all part of a charitable hard work they joined in 2008 for $40,000 a year & the chance to work in this AIDS-afflicted country, which has one pediatrician in its whole government health method.

MASHAI, Lesotho , At a clinic in the mountains, reached only by crossing a churning river in a rowboat, Dr. Paul Young, a pediatrician raised in the housing projects of Savannah, Ga., soothed a fussy infant. He stared at him, fascinated, as they made soft popping sounds together with his lips & listened to her heart through a stethoscope. I was two times afraid to look at the babies check results,they said after examining a bunch of kids, who were born healthy despite having H.I.V.-positive mothers. But now, most of them are negative.

Japan"s Nuclear Crisis is Seen Clearly from afar

For the clearest picture of what is happening at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, talk to scientists thousands of miles away. Thanks to the unfamiliar but sophisticated art of atomic forensics, specialists around the globe have been able to document the situation vividly. Over decades, they have become excellent at illuminating the hidden workings of nuclear power plants from afar, turning scraps of information in to detailed analyses.

For example, an analysis by a Spanish energy company revealed far more about the condition of the plant's reactors than the Japanese have ever described: water levels at the reactor cores dropping by as much as three-quarters, & temperatures in those cores soaring to 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit, hot to burn & melt the zirconium casings that protect the fuel rods.

Microsoft’s Antitrust Volley and Google’s Way Forward

Business and law are pragmatic vocations. So where a company stands on some principle usually hinges on the circumstances in which it sits. ask Microsoft, long the world's No. 1 antitrust defendant, that on Thursday filed a formal antitrust complaint in Europe against Google, as they reported. Microsoft understands the optics, as political analysts call it. We appreciate the irony, Bradford Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, said dryly in an interview on Wednesday. Positive, the comment is self-serving. Yes, Microsoft is making an antitrust complaint simultaneously it is investing heavily to try to meet up with Google in search and search promotion (making some recent progress , though at great cost).

NATO Airstrike Reportedly Kills Rebels in Libya

BREGA, Libya A NATO airstrike intended for the forces of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi apparently killed at least three rebel fighters in the battle outside this pivotal oil port, an ambulance driver & news reports said Saturday. The deaths underscored the challenge that the Western allies & the rebels face in relying on airstrikes to push back the Qaddafi forces as the four sides mix in the battle zone along the front.

Perhaps in response to the Western airstrikes, the Qaddafi forces are increasingly plunging in to combat in equipment similar to what the rebels are using, chiefly pickup trucks mounted with machine guns or artillery. The move makes it increasingly difficult for even the combatants to distinguish one group from the other at first sight.

Calorie-Counting Rule to Leave Out Movie Theaters

The federal government on Friday released proposed rules requiring chain restaurants and other businesses that serve food to post calorie counts on menus and menu boards. But after objections from theater chains, the rules give a pass to those box-office snacks although a giant popcorn and soda can contain as lots of calories as a typical person needs in a day.

Movie theaters don't hesitate to wag a stern finger at their patrons: Shhh! Turn off your cell phone. Don't talk in the work of the film. But don't ask them to tell you how lots of calories are in that jumbo tub of popcorn.

Patients With Medicaid Cards, but No Specialist to See

LAFAYETTE, La. Eight-year-old Draven Smith was expelled from school last year for disruptive behavior, and they is being expelled again this year. But his sister and his pediatrician cannot discover a mental health specialist to treat him because they is on Medicaid, and the program, which provides health coverage for the poor, pays doctors so tiny that plenty of refuse to take its patients. The issue is common here and across the country, as states, scrambling to balance their budgets, look for cuts in Medicaid, which is one of their largest expenditures. And it presents the Obama administration with a major challenge, since the new federal health care law depends heavily on Medicaid to cover plenty of individuals who now lack medical health insurance.

'Good Cholesterol' Nanoparticles Seek And Destroy Cancer Cells

High-density lipoprotein's hauls excess cholesterol to the liver for disposal, but new research suggests "good cholesterol" can also act as a special delivery vehicle of destruction for cancer.

Synthetic HDL nanoparticles loaded with small interfering RNA to silence cancer-promoting genes selectively shrunk or destroyed ovarian cancer tumors in mice, a research team led by scientists from The University of Michigan MD Anderson Cancer Middle and the University of North Michigan Health Science Middle reports in the April edition of Neoplasia.

On the Island of Jersey, Fortifications Turned Lodging

IT'S in the details,said Dave Bull, the caretaker of a former military bunker on the island of Jersey in the English Channel. They heaved open a cast-iron door and ran a hand over its bolts and heavy wrench-like handle. This was all built by slave labor, by prisoners the Nazis marched here from Europe. The bunker in query is located on the ground floor of a radio tower on Jersey, erected by occupying French forces in the work of World War II. The stout concrete structure still keeps a calm vigil over the channel.

Twitter Tax Deal Creates Classic San Francisco Row

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) In the shadow of San Francisco's stately City Hall, sidewalks abound with transients, drugs & crime. In to this neighborhood, one of the world's hottest social media companies has promised to stride, offering urban rebirth in exchange for a tax break.

Tax incentives to bring businesses to blighted streets are not unusual. But this is San Francisco. & Twitter. The mayor supports the plan, but progressive politicians & now the city's largest public worker union call the proposal a poorly crafted giveaway to the rich.

American Apparel Warns of Bankruptcy

The clothing retailer warned in a regulatory filing on Thursday that it might must file for bankruptcy unless demand picked up for its cotton T-shirts and leggings and its overall financial situation improves.

Nasdaq and ICE Make Hostile Bid for NYSE Euronext

The Nasdaq OMX Group & the IntercontinentalExchange announced an $11.3 billion cash-and-stock bid for NYSE Euronext on Friday, seeking to derail the Massive Board operator's designs to merge with Deutsche Börse.

Their long-awaited offer formally sets off a fight for NYSE, as exchange operators around the globe seek merger partners to better compete on a worldwide scale.

The Nasdaq-ICE deal would merge the six largest stock exchange operators in the United States, making a brand spanking new national champion for stock listings at a time when American markets fear losing ground to foreign rivals. It would also shore up Nasdaq's business, which has been fending off upstart competitors like Bats & DirectEdge that promote their high-speed electronic trading systems.

Arizona Asks to Set Fines for Health Risks

This is an annual fee that says to consumers, Hey, we're not going to prevent you from smoking, but you need to put a tiny bit more in to the method because it costs us more,Ms. Coury said, citing a 2006 survey that showed that 46 percent of the patients in the states Medicaid program were smokers.

HOENIX - Arizona's Medicaid program, criticized last year when it halted some organ transplants to save money, has come up with another cost-saving measure that has people speaking. Following the lead of some private health designs, which charge premiums to members who smoke or engage in other unhealthy behavior, Arizona's Health Care Cost Containment Method has proposed charging smokers $50 a year & applying a similar fee to diabetes patients who do not follow their doctor's orders to lose weight, said Monica Coury, a spokeswoman for the state Medicaid agency.

Island East of Bali, a Backpacker’s Hideaway Goes Upscale

Little Trawangan & its more relaxed sisters, Meno & Air, make up the Gili Islands, an archipelago in Indonesia's Bali Sea that lies off the coast of Lombok & is reachable only by boat. (The voyage from Bali takes about 90 minutes by speedboat.) Known as the party island & the largest of the three, Trawangan has developed a hedonistic reputation as a miniature Koh Samui, with all-night full moon parties & an array of illegal substances openly on the market.

THE blaze of white sand licked by the surf was dotted one recent sunlit afternoon with fishing boats & their local owners, a pack of bored men in flip-flops who each kept one eye on their hand of cards & the other on the pale tourist cargo streaming from the docked speedboat onto the main road of the island of Gili Trawangan, east of Bali, in search of beach, beer & bungalow. From the midst of the throng, the full force of this island's transformation from little fisherman settlement to global tourist refuge became resoundingly clear. The wail of that ubiquitous island ambassador, Bob Marley, appeared to be coming from every bar & cafe, whose stools overflowed with a sunburned masses gazing at the cerulean water, leafing through guidebooks & sipping Bintang beers.

Playbook for Obama and His Critics

After 12 months of up-and-down job creation, the significant increase in March suggested that possibly, possibly, the economy was gaining strength to grow and bring unemployment down substantially this year.

PRESIDENT OBAMA has not had lots of excellent news in a term defined by assorted crises. But on Friday he reported the good news about job growth in March to an appreciative audience at a United Parcel Service shipping facility here and did so with a bit more of a celebratory air, and less caution, than historically.

More Physicians Say No to Endless Workdays

My brother tried hard to get home, but work always got in the way, Dr. Dewar said. Even on Christmas morning, they would must wait to open our presents until Dad was done rounding at the hospital.

HONESDALE, Pa. Even as a girl, Dr. Kate Dewar appeared destined to inherit the small-town medical practice of her grandfather & brother. At 4, they could describe how to insert a pulmonary catheter. At 12, they could suture a gash. & when they entered medical school, they & her brother talked eagerly about practicing together. But when they finishes residency this summer, Dr. Dewar, 31, won't be going home. In lieu, they will take a job as a salaried emergency room doctor at a hospital in Elmira, N.Y., six hours away. An important reason is that they prefers the fast pace & fascinating puzzles of emergency medicine, but another reason is that on Feb. 7 they gave birth to twins, & they cannot imagine raising them while working as hard as her brother did.

Deadly Protests for Koran Burning Reach Kandahar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan Violent protests over the burning of a Koran in Florida flared for a second straight day, with young men rampaging through the streets of this southern capital, flying Taliban flags and wielding sticks. Nine people were killed and 81 injured in the disturbances, all from bullet wounds, according to Abdul Qayoum Pakhla, head of the provincial health department. One of the dead was a police officer. Kandahar has long been the heartland of the Taliban insurgency but has been comparatively calm in recent months since a surge of additional American troops arrived here.

Radioactive Water Leaking Into Ocean From Japanese Nuclear Plant

The leak, found at a maintenance pit near the plants No. 2 reactor, is a fresh reminder of the dangerous consequences of the strategy to icy the reactors and spent fuel storage pools by pumping hundreds of tons of water a day in to them. While much of that water has evaporated, a lovely portion has also turned in to runoff.

TOKYO - Highly radioactive water is leaking directly in to the sea from a damaged pit near a crippled reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, safety officials said Saturday, the latest setback in the increasingly messy bid to regain control of the reactors. Although higher levels of radiation have been detected in the ocean waters near the plant, the breach discovered Saturday is the first identified direct leak of such high levels of radiation in to the sea.

Friday, April 1, 2011

U.S. Economy Added 216,000 Jobs in March

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