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Monday, December 31, 2012
Afghans: Next force transition starts in 2 months
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? The next phase of transferring security from NATO to Afghan control will begin in two months and aim to cover nearly 90 percent of the country's population, the Kabul government announced Monday.
The transition, which began in early 2011, is slated to give Afghan forces full responsibility for security by the end of 2014, when most NATO troops will have withdrawn.
Misgivings persist about the readiness of Afghan forces, although their numbers have grown rapidly over the past year to more than 330,000. They now shoulder most combat operations, while NATO forces, including some 66,000 U.S., troops are preparing to pull out. The U.S. intends to keep a residual force in Afghanistan past 2014 but the size has yet to be determined.
Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, who heads a transition commission, told a news conference that Afghan security forces now are responsible for protecting 75 percent of the population.
"The general assessment is that security is better or the same," Ahmadzai said. The third transition phase began in May and ended Monday. He said that by the end of the fourth phase, the duration of which is open-ended, 87 percent of the people will be protected by Afghan forces.
Targeted for the upcoming transition are 12 provinces, mostly in the north and central regions, as well as a district in the southern province of Helmand, the most violent in the country.
Gen. John R. Allen, commander of foreign forces in the country, called the announcement "another historic step as (Afghanistan) gets closer to taking full responsibility for security of the entire country."
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh said in a statement that it was a "significant step toward our shared goal of seeing Afghans fully in charge of their own security by the end of 2014."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/afghans-next-force-transition-starts-2-months-125529974.html
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9 killed, more than 20 hurt in tour bus crash along Oregon highway
PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) ? A tour bus careened through a guardrail along an icy Oregon highway and 100 feet down a steep embankment Sunday, killing nine people and injuring more than 20 others, authorities said.
The charter bus carrying about 40 people lost control around 10:30 a.m. on snow- and ice-covered lanes of Interstate 84 in a rural area of eastern Oregon, according to the Oregon State Police. The bus crashed near the start of a 7-mile section of road that winds down a hill.
The bus came to rest at the bottom of a snowy slope and landed upright, with little or no debris visible around the crash site.
More than a dozen rescue workers descended the hill and used ropes to help retrieve people from the wreckage in freezing weather. The bus driver was among the survivors, but had not yet spoken to police because of the severity of the injuries the driver had suffered.
Lt. Gregg Hastings said the bus crashed along the west end of the Blue Mountains, and west of an area called Deadman Pass. The area is so dangerous the state transportation department published specific warnings for truck drivers, advising it had "some of the most changeable and severe weather conditions in the Northwest" and can lead to slick conditions and poor visibility.
St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton treated 26 people from the accident, said hospital spokesman Larry Blanc. Five of those treated at St. Anthony were transported to other facilities.
The East Oregonian said it spoke with two South Korean passengers, ages 16 and 17. Both said through a translator that they were seated near the rear of the bus when it swerved a few times, hit the guardrail and flipped. They described breaking glass and seeing passengers pinned by their seats as the bus slid down the hill. Both said that they feared for their lives.
The paper said that the teens, one of whom injured a knee and the other suffered a broken collarbone, were staying at a hotel arranged by the Red Cross.
I-84 is a major east-west highway through Oregon that follows the Columbia River Gorge.
Umatilla County Emergency Manager Jack Remillard said the bus was owned by Mi Joo travel in Vancouver, B.C., and state police said the bus was en route from Las Vegas to Vancouver.
A woman who answered the phone at a listing for the company confirmed with The Associated Press that it owned the bus and said it was on a tour of the Western U.S. She declined to give her name.
A bus safety website run by the U.S. Department of Transportation said Mi Joo Tour & Travel has six buses, none of which have been involved in any accidents in at least the past two years.
The bus crash was the second fatal accident on the same highway in Oregon on Sunday. A 69-year-old man died in a rollover accident about 30 miles west of the area where the bus crashed.
A spokesman for the American Bus Association said buses carry more than 700 million passengers a year in the United States.
"The industry as a whole is a very safe industry," said Dan Ronan of the Washington, D.C.,-based group. "There are only a handful of accidents every year. Comparatively speaking, we're the safest form of surface transportation."
The bus crash comes more than two months after another chartered tour bus in October veered off a highway in northern Arizona, killing the driver and injuring dozens of passengers who were mostly tourists from Asia and Europe. Authorities say the driver likely had a medical episode.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/9-killed-tour-bus-crash-along-oregon-highway-003550373.html
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
Reports: Russia sends another naval ship to Syria
MOSCOW (AP) ? Russian news agencies say the navy is sending another ship to the Syrian port of Tartus, where Russia has a naval base.
The reports Sunday by the ITAR-Tass and Interfax news agency cited an unidentified official in the military general staff as saying the Novocherkassk, a large landing ship, has set sail from the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk. The ship is expected to arrive in the Tartus area in early January.
The reports gave no information on the ship's intent. But Russian diplomats have said that Moscow is preparing a plan to evacuate thousands of Russians from Syria if necessary. The Defense Ministry announced two weeks ago that several ships were being dispatched to the Mediterranean.
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Trotter cites legal trouble in ending US House run
CHICAGO (AP) ? An Illinois state lawmaker who was a frontrunner to replace former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. says he's ending his candidacy because he doesn't want the felony gun charges he faces to detract from the district's important issues.
Donne Trotter was arrested Dec. 5 when security screeners at O'Hare International Airport found an unloaded .25-caliber Beretta handgun in his bag.
He told officers he has the gun for a job he works with a security firm and forgot it was in his bag before he went to the airport.
Trotter announced Saturday he will not seek the 2nd congressional district seat, explaining that solving the area's economic and other problems was too important to allow his legal "situation to detract from what needs to be front and center."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/trotter-cites-legal-trouble-ending-us-house-run-155938690--election.html
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How To Select A Catering Service
Whether you are organizing a get together of family and friends or if you are hosting a corporate event, serving catered food and drink service throughout the course of the night is the host's responsibility. When you need to properly plan your event, finding a competent catering company can help you smooth the process by finding the ideal services for you based on your budget and the type of food and drink you are interested in serving. Before you begin searching for catering companies, do a bit of research and planning ahead of time. This will allow you to save time while also helping you find the most suitable catering company to help you.
Determining Your Catering Needs
Before you can begin to search for catering options, it is very important to determine the type of catering needs you have as well as how many guests you are planning to feed throughout the event. By understanding the number of guests who are looking to attend, it will help you know how much food should be served. This will allow you to focus more on the types of food you want to offer.
Reviewing Your Finances
Caterers vary in and in the types of food and drink that are available. Before you start comparing the options that are in your area, it's crucial to take a look at own budget and whether or not you are restricted on the price per plate limit you have in place. Reviewing your current finances and the length of the event will help you to get an estimate on the total cost of the catering services you are likely to need.
Choosing A Venue
Choosing the venue to suit your event can help you find the ideal caterer, depending upon whether or not the venue has a kitchen area or if there is enough room to have a buffet-style catering job in place. Additionally, once you know the type of venue you will host your event at, you can then also determine how many plates you will need based on the seating and space available. Once you are aware of the event venue, you can then begin to get creative with the type of menu you're planning and the various courses you are planning to serve based on the budget available to you.
Considering Your Guests
Consider the type of guests who will be attending your event and whether or not they will be expecting a quick meal or a multiple-course dinner and dessert. Understanding everyone that you'll be hosting can help you when you begin to compare local catering companies that appeal to you and that are also available for the type of menu you have planned. You can ask all invited guests to inform you of special diets, requirements or restrictions prior to placing your order with a catering company to make certain all guests will be provided for if they are attending the event.
Creating Your Menu
Creating a menu or brainstorming the types of foods you would like to serve to your guests will help you when it is time to look into finding catering companies that are available near you. Write down any specific types of meats, cheeses, appetizers and desserts that you would like to have at your event along with the sorts of beverages and mixed drinks you've on your mind to serve. By having an idea of the type of menu you want to put together for the event you are hosting, locating catering services that meet your requirements will be much easier.
You must also consider comparing various menus and available foods which can be served by viewing official websites of the catering companies you have located near you. Comparing plates and available foods for catering services online is a way for you to do so on your own time while viewing prices and discount options that may be possible as well, depending on when you are planning the event and the number of guests you are planning to serve.
Ask various catering companies about different ethnic dishes and alternatives whether you have an interest in serving Mediterranean dishes, Mexican food or even if you are thinking of having a Chinese-themed buffet for the event. There are different styles of catering companies that can accommodate any type of requests you have when it comes to creating a unique and one-of-a-kind menu.
Satisfying All Guests
If you find yourself arranging a menu to suit your event, you should consider that not all guests will have the same type of diet.. Before the event, you can send out invitations that request guests respond if they have a diet restriction or if they would like to choose a menu item based on the available choices you have settled on.
You can offer meat alternative dinners to guests who may be vegetarian or vegan. Additionally, it is also important to offer a number of condiments, sides and in many cases salad dressings. The more options available, the more likely your guests with be satisfied.
Comparing Catering Options Available
Once you are ready to beginyour quest for various types of catering options, you can do so by utilizing local business listings as well as conducting a bit of research on your own, online. Viewing various catering services online is a way to compare menus, locations, and in some cases, even the prices per plate. Many catering services also provide information on minimum plate requirements and package deals or discounts based on the size of the catering event you have in mind.
Comparing the sorts of catering companies available is not only a way for you to view more information about each service individually, but it is also an opportunity for you to download menus and seek out real customer and client reviews for each catering business you are interested in working with yourself. Viewing online menus, prices and even various specialty discounts or coupons online can help you to save time and money when seeking out the very best catering company for your event.
Go to the author's post for other pragmatic ideas on how you can select your catering menu. For even more information about DC catering companies, drop by the publisher's web site.
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Why the Catholic Church should apologize to Rizal?s mother
By Dean Reyes Bocobo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
THE ACTUAL transfer of the urn of themortal remains of Jose Rizal on Dec. 30, 1912 around Plaza St. Ruiz, Binondo.
The urn was accompanied by the Knights of Rizal who kept vigil the previous night, and by the Masons.
Coming so swiftly on the heels of Christmas and the Slaughter of the Innocents, the annual Rizal Day holiday on Dec. 30 usually passes fleetingly by as just another blessed day off, before we all plunge merrily into the noisy revelries and inebriations of New Year?s Eve.
(In the late 20th Century, some of the well-known speakers on Rizal Day began those festivities a little early, perhaps even before or during their oratories!)
This year promises to be a little different, as events of a century ago come up for commemoration?namely the burial of Jose Rizal by Filipinos and Americans at the Luneta on Dec. 30, 1912?fully 16 years after his execution by firing squad near the same spot in 1896.
Headed by President Benigno S. Aquino III, this year?s Rizal Day event at the Luneta features a full-dress reenactment and commemoration, by the Knights of Rizal and the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, of the 1912 transfer of Rizal?s remains in an urn, from the custody of his family in their house in Binondo into the hands of the public for a wake at the Ayuntamiento in Intramuros, then burial at the Luneta.
There is an historic photograph taken in the City of Manila on Rizal Day 1912, showing the urn with the bones of Jose Rizal borne on a military caisson drawn by six black horses, and flanked by an honor guard of the Knights of Rizal (with caps and striped sashes) and white-clad members of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. The location of this 1912 event is now the Plaza Binondo de San Lorenzo Ruiz.
Amazing moments
How the twists and turns of history produced amazing moments in time, frozen in these historic photographs, is poignantly told by Asuncion Lopez Bantug, granddaughter of Sisa, the sister of Rizal, in her classic biography ?Lolo Jose: An Intimate Portrait of Rizal? (Manila: Intramuros Administration, 1982). It turns out to be an intimate portrait also of the mother of Jose Rizal, Do?a Teodora Realonda Alonso Rizal (1827-1911) and of his entire family.
She describes the events following the execution of Jose Rizal on Dec. 30, 1896, how his mother was denied custody of his remains, how he was denied a Catholic Church burial on consecrated ground and how he was secretly buried at Paco Park in an unmarked grave.
As Bantug wrote: ?The previous evening (Dec. 29, 1896), Do?a Teodora had gone from one official to another, begging to be given her son?s body after the execution. None was moved by her pleas?except for the mayor of Manila, Don Manuel Luengo, who acted on his own to grant her wish. She and Don Francisco spent the morning of the execution secluded in the house of my Lola Sisa, with whom they had been staying, on and off, since their eviction from Calamba. Lola Sisa had ordered a coffin for her brother and it was sent in a hearse to the Luneta as soon as word came that all was over.
?What was my Lola Sisa?s consternation to learn that the body was gone?and nobody able, or willing, to tell her where it had been taken. She hurried to the city cemetery at Paang Bundok (where, in a farewell note, my Lolo Jose had expressed a wish to be buried), but no body had been taken there. She made the rounds of the suburban graveyards, but in none had there been a burial that morning. Other members of the family were going from one authority to another, begging to be told where the body had been buried, but were met only with silence and a shrug.
?But my Lola Sisa refused to give up. She continued her round of the graveyards?and was finally rewarded. At the Paco Cemetery, the old city graveyard no longer in use, she noticed Mayor Manuel Luengo and some army officers inspecting a grave. When they left, Lola Sisa hurried to the site. It was a freshly dug grave and could only be that of her brother. She went to the sexton and persuaded him to mark the grave with the small marble slab she carried. The marble slab, designed by family friend Doroteo Ongjungco, was inscribed with three letters, RPJ?my Lolo Jose?s initials in reverse. The family feared that a more explicit tombstone might prompt the authorities to remove the body and hide it elsewhere, to prevent any public veneration of the Rizal grave. It is said that a guard was placed at the Paco Cemetery to discourage snoopers.?
Cold oblivion
The Rizal family did not gain custody of his remains until the end of the Spanish colonial regime at the hands of Commodore Dewey in 1898. Rizal?s bones were exhumed from the cold oblivion of Paco in the wake of the Mock Battle of Manila Bay.
?Two years later, in the turmoil that followed the American occupation of Manila, his family seized the chance to recover my Lolo Jose?s body unhindered by Church or State,? wrote Bantug. ?Spain had fallen in the Philippines; American troops took over in Manila on Aug. 13, 1898. Four days later, on Aug. 17, my Lola Sisa, accompanied by her daughter Angelica, sculptor Romualdo Teodoro de Jesus, Higino Francisco and Doroteo Ongjungco, went to the Paco Cemetery and had the grave dug up.
PHOTO from the book ?Lolo Jose: An Intimate Portrait of Rizal? (1982), by Asuncion Lopez Bantug
?The body was found to have been buried directly into the earth, without a coffin. Nevertheless, the clothes were still recognizable, though whatever my Lolo Jose had hidden in his shoes had long rotted away. A vertebra showing a bullet wound was kept in a glass and silver cup in Lola?s house.
?The remains were taken to my Lola Sisa?s house, where Higino Francisco and Romualdo Teodoro de Jesus themselves reverently washed the bones. They were later placed in an ivory urn carved by De Jesus. This urn was venerated in frequent public ceremonies during the 1900s, when Rizal began to be honored as the National Hero of the Philippines.?
And so in the repose of his family?s bosom, in his mother?s everlasting solicitude, Rizal?s bones lay for 14 more years. Unbeknownst to them and shortly thereafter, Americans such William Howard Taft (the first Civil Governor under American Occupation) and Henry A. Cooper (Dem., Wisconsin) had discovered Rizal for themselves through his writings, while wrestling with the thorny question of what America ought to do for, about, or with the Philippines.
In 1901, the United States Philippine Commission issued Decree No. 243 authorizing a suitable monument for Jose Rizal, with funds for its construction to be raised by public subscription. A worldwide design contest for the future Rizal Monument elicited work from the cr?me-de-la-cr?me.
The proclaimed winning design, which was a fantasy in Italian Carrara marble by Carlo Nicoli (?Al Martir de Bagumbayan?) was, however, never built. The simpler second place winner, ?Motto Stella? by Swiss artist Richard Kissling, is what we find in the Luneta today.
Final tomb
Bantug described the culmination of a monument building process that apparently outlived Do?a Teodora by 1912.
?In 1912, the foundations were laid for a monument at the Luneta that would also serve as the final tomb for the hero?s mortal remains. On Dec. 29, 1912, the urn containing the remains was borne in solemn procession from the family?s house to the Ayuntamiento, that fine Marble Hall that had been a symbol of Spanish sovereignty in the Philippines. [Teodora Alonso was laid in state in the same location the previous year.] In the salon of the Ayuntamiento, the urn was enshrined on a magnificent catafalque surrounded by innumerable floral wreaths, offerings of the nation. Throughout that night, the Knights of Rizal and other patriotic groups as well as the public kept vigil round the catafalque.?
?Next morning, Dec. 30, 1912?16th anniversary of the martyrdom?the urn was borne to the Luneta on an artillery caisson drawn by six horses. Thousands joined the procession and thousands more lined the streets.
?At the Luneta, the obsequies were led by acting Governor-General Newton W. Gilbert and the two ranking statesmen of the Philippine Assembly, Sergio Osme?a and Mariano Ponce, the latter one of Rizal?s dearest friends. Then the urn was deposited in the center of the base over which would rise the monument?
?The monument they accomplished has become a national landmark, the most visible tribute of the nation to its greatest son.
?But neither of his parents lived to see his monument.?
Rizal?s father, Francisco, died in Manila in 1898. His mother, Do?a Teodora, died in August 1911 just a year and a half before Rizal?s burial at the Luneta on Dec. 30, 1912, the event whose centenary we commemorate today. She had lain in state in the very same Ayuntamiento the year before Rizal was buried at the Luneta.
Wronged and harmed
In the year 2000, the good Pope John Paul II offered apologies on behalf of the Vatican to all who had been wronged or harmed in history by the Catholic Church, notably to Galileo Galilei for the events of over three centuries ago involving his predecessor Urban VIII and the whole question of the Earth being the Center of the Universe.
He called on all the prelates of the Catholic Church in various countries to follow his example in making such historic apologies for wrongs that need acknowledging.
I think the Philippine Catholic Church does owe such an apology to Rizal?s mother for their inhumane treatment of him, even as a convicted demiurge of the Philippine Revolution, in denying her custody of his remains. The Philippine Church has not heeded the call of Pope John Paul II in any matter within their realm. They must think that, unlike him, the infallibility gives them impeccability.
It was cruel and unjust to deny Do?a Teodora such a pitiable request after the State and Church had united in executing him and satisfying their blood lust against the insurrectos through him.
I appeal for historic apologies to her and not for Jose Rizal (who?d neither want nor need it). Or else the Church should suffer forever the present exclusion from Philippine history that has continued unabated since 1912, when final funeral rites for the national hero before final interment at the Luneta were given to the Masons, and denied to the Catholic Church.
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New Year Tips to Maintain Financial Control
Posted by Omari | December 28th, 2012 | Awards & Perks, General Information
With 2013 around the bend ? credit card bills and special offers are about to arrive, making it the perfect time to begin thinking about resolutions for the New Year. For many, that involves better money management, gaining credit card rewards and spending credit if need be, smartly.
Financial and credit managers would say one of the best ways to take control of your financial portfolio and money management is to reduce debt. Assessing your level of debt and why you?ve incurred that debt are the first steps.
Then take measured action to reduce debt and work towards improving your overall financial picture for your 2013.
Tips to help take control of your finances in 2013
? Start with your free credit report to better understand your credit standing. You?re entitled to a free credit report from each of the three national credit reporting agencies, including Equifax, each year.
? Establish a budget so you can track where your money goes each month. This will aid in cutting out unnecessary expenditure from your routine.
? Create a goal such as a family vacation or paying back a certain percentage of your debt to make it easier to stave off spending. 
? Make a plan for paying back debt most effectively. Having a financial planner or using an online debt management tool can help you prioritize debts.
? When it?s time to make a major purchase, create a list of pros and cons to help you make a smart financial decision. Also maximize the purchase with a credit card that rewards you for big purchases during the inception period, like the Starwood Preferred Guest? Business Credit Card from American Express OPEN. Or cards that boast zero or low introductory APRs, like the Citi? Dividend Platinum Select? Visa? Card ? $100 Cash Back.
? Don?t let bills pile up; past due bills can incur late fees and will negatively affect your credit score. Several Chase cards come with the Blueprint program, which allows cardholders several payback options for budgeting.
? If possible, make more than the minimum payment each month on credit card balances, which may help raise your credit score. Because some credit card companies take several days to process and post your payment, paying 5-7 days before the due date is wise. 
Big Changes Start With Small Steps
?It may seem daunting at first, but by taking even small steps in 2013, you can reduce debt and take more control of your own finances,? said Trey Loughran, president of the Personal Solutions unit at Equifax. ?This is a new year?s resolution worth keeping all year long.?
However, if you?re serious about decreasing debt in 2013, one of the first things to do is decease debt load and spend wisely. Dorothy Barrick, a GreenPath Debt Solutions counselor says, ?The money that you have been spending on interest is money that could be going towards building savings and financial security.?
Also look for ways to reduce your overall interest costs. This can include balance transfers, consolidation loans, and/or a Debt Management Plan through a non-profit credit counseling organization.
With 2012 coming to a close and 2013 on the horizon, make it a lucky year for you and your financial portfolio. To find a credit card to fit your financial profile, visit CardOffers.com.
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
New Japan PM Abe says will pursue bold monetary policy
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday his government will pursue bold monetary policy, flexible fiscal policy and a growth strategy to encourage private investment.
"Japan won't have a future and won't be able to restore fiscal health without a strong economy," Abe told a news conference after taking office as the country's seventh prime minister in six years.
Abe has pledged to put top priority on beating deflation and taming the strong yen, which are dragging down the world's third biggest economy. He also wants to loosen the limits of Japan's post-World War Two pacifist constitution on the military and has vowed to take a firm stance in a territorial row with a rising China.
(Reporting by Leika Kihara and Stanley White; Editing by Edmund Klamann)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/japan-pm-abe-says-pursue-bold-monetary-policy-130110391--business.html
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The Price of Commitment: What People Spend on Engagements ...
It?s proposal season?and we?re not talking about?business proposals.
We?re referring to sparkly-ring marriage proposals. And according to TheKnot, December is the most popular month for said engagements.
Of course, much like the actual ring, not all marriage proposals look exactly alike. Some have marching bands! Some have flash mobs! Some are completely devoid of witnesses?and some prefer it that way.
If you plan to propose this holiday season, as an early engagement gift to you, we?ve looked into the costs of some of the most elaborate proposals out there?as well as?the best post-proposal financial practices.
It?s an age-old question, complete with a handful of inexact estimates floating around the Internet as to how much you should shell out for the ring: two months worth of salary, 25% of your annual income,?$2,500.
Fact-wise,?TheKnot.com?reports that the average cost of an engagement ring is $5,200?and it takes the average person three months to find the right one.
The truth is that there isn?t a hard-and-fast rule as to how much a person should pay for a ring, just like there isn?t a rule about how much people are expected to spend on wedding presents.
In other words, it?s less about what you?should?spend, and more about what you can?afford?to pay.
?It?s really important to budget for an engagement ring,? advises LearnVest CFP ? Sophia Bera. ?Don?t use all of your savings to buy it?your?emergency savings?should be separate from your ring savings.?
Translation: The ideal amount to spend on a ring is different for everyone?and it doesn?t necessarily need to be something that you take on alone.??Maybe this is unromantic, but I think it?s important to talk to your significant other about what they want, and the price range they have in mind,? adds Sophia.
Perhaps it isn?t so unromantic: TheKnot also reports that 65% of brides have at least some say in their engagement rings, while 31% shopped for and/or purchased the ring with their groom.
In some cases, the ring is only a blip on the proposal budget?a new trend in over-the-top proposals means that the ring isn?t always the sparkliest part of the moment.
Source: http://www.learnvest.com/2012/12/the-price-of-commitment-what-people-spend-on-engagements/
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Shooter who ambushed firefighters left note showing intent to burn, kill
(CNN) ? A sniper who ambushed volunteer firefighters in upstate New York on Monday, killing two and seriously wounding two others, left a note saying he hoped to burn down his neighborhood and kill as many people as possible, police said Tuesday.
A charred body, believed to be his sister?s, was found in the burned house she shared with him Tuesday, police said.
William Spengler, 62, used a Bushmaster semiautomatic rifle, the same kind of weapon used in the assault on Sandy Hook Elementary School, Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering said.
?He was equipped to go to war,? Chief Pickering said.
The shooter, who was convicted of killing his grandmother decades ago, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound hours later.
Pickering, at a news conference Tuesday, read a sentence from the three-page typewritten note that detectives believe Spengler?s left behind: ?I still have to get ready to see how much of the neighborhood I can burn down and do what I like doing best ? killing people.?
The note indicated Spengler?s intentions, but not his motive, Pickering said. The rest of the contents will not be made public because it is evidence in a criminal investigation, he said.
There is ?all kinds of speculation? about why Spengler wanted to destroy his neighborhood and kill firefighters and residents, Pickering said.
One theory is that he was upset about a donation his mother, who died in the past year, made to the fire department, he said. Another theory is there could be a connection to his arrest in the killing of his grandmother, he said.
?Motive is always the burning question and I?m not sure we?ll ever really know what was going through his mind,? Pickering said.
Spengler was convicted in 1981 of first-degree manslaughter in the death of his grandmother and had been released on supervised parole, Pickering said.
It will be a challenge for the medical examiner to determine if his siste r? 67-year-old Cheryl Spengler was killed before the fire was set because it was a ?raging inferno,? Pickering said.
Spengler?s former neighbor, Roger Vercruysse, said that Spengler was a nice guy who used to come over to Vercruysse?s sister?s house for holiday parties and would wave to the family from his front porch, where he often sat during the summer.
?He?d come to our house, we used to have picnics,? he said.
Spengler was especially attentive to his mother, who passed away in October, Vercruysse said, visiting her every day in the nursing home where she lived until she died.
?He loved his mama,? Vercruysse said. ?He always talked about his mother.?
Spengler did not share the same closeness with his sister, with whom he shared his home, Vercruysse said.
?He told me he hated his sister and never could tell me why,? he said. ?I?d always wave to the sister, but she was not friendly.?
Firefighters from the Rochester-area town of Webster responded before 6 a.m. Monday to a 911 call, reporting a fire that Spengler is believed to have set, when the gunfire began, Pickering said.
?This was a clear ambush on first responders,? he said. Spengler was firing from ?a natural depression? against a bank and a tree, he said.
An off-duty police officer, who happened on the scene, returned gunfire and sheltered firefighters with his car, Pickering said.
?Had the police officer not been there, more people would have been killed because he immediately engaged the shooter with a rifle,? he said. ?Essentially, it was a combat condition.? Investigators won?t know until after an autopsy if any of his shots hit Spengler, he said.
Officer John Ritter of the Greece, New York, Police Department, suffered minor shrapnel wounds but was released after treatment at a hospital.
The two wounded firefighters were in stable condition after surgery Tuesday, Pickering said Tuesday morning. They were being treated for ?serious injuries? in intensive care at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York, he said.
Seven houses were destroyed and several others damaged by the fire, which investigators believe spread from a car parked next to the home where they believe Spengler lived, Pickering said.
Authorities do not know how Spengler obtained the Bushmaster rifle, .38-caliber revolver and 12-gauge shotgun he used, Pickering said. As a convicted felon, Spengler was not allowed to legally possess weapons.
In chilling audio heard over a scanner Monday, a West Webster Fire Department firefighter reported ?multiple firemen shot? ? including himself, with wounds to his lower back and lower leg ? and ?shots still being fired.?
?I?m pretty sure that we have two DOAs? ? the term for dead on arrival ? ?on the street,? the wounded firefighter said. ?? They?re down and not good.?
For several hours after that, the threat of gunfire stopped firefighters from battling the blaze and forced police SWAT teams to evacuate 33 people in the neighborhood of small waterfront homes.
The fire destroyed seven houses. It was under control by 2:30 p.m. ET, but authorities weren?t able to get into any of the homes. Pickering said it?s possible that more victims could be inside.
Lt. Michael Chiapperini, a firefighter who died at the scene, was a veteran of the West Webster Fire Department and a police lieutenant. He?d been named Firefighter of the Year just two weeks ago. And not long before that, he had volunteered to go to Long Island to help those suffering after Superstorm Sandy, New York Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy said.
The other slain firefighter was Tomasz Kaczowka, who was also a 911 dispatcher. He?d been with the West Webster Fire Department for just more than a year, department spokesman Al Sienkiewicz said.
The shooting occurred amid a renewed gun control debate after the December 14 elementary school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, that killed 26 people, most of them children. The gunman in that case, Adam Lanza, also killed his mother and himself.
The head of a lobbying group that represents first responders said the Monday shooting was ?senseless and cruel.?
?The firefighters who responded today were performing a selfless, meaningful service to their community, unaware that a cold-hearted maniac was planning to ambush them and take their lives,? said Harold Schaitberger, general president of the Washington-based International Association of Fire Fighters. ?Coming on the heels of the horrific tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, and on Christmas Eve, this shooting is even harder to comprehend.?
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo described the Webster shooting as ?horrific.? And the state?s attorney general called it a ?senseless tragedy?
President Barack Obama has set a January deadline for ?concrete proposals? to deal with gun violence after the Newtown shooting.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, has said she will introduce legislation to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004, while National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre has said his group will fight any new gun restrictions, saying most gun laws now on the books are rarely enforced.
Pickering, the Webster police chief, said it was important ? after the shooting in his town and others ? to ?get a handle on gun control.? He also said more needs to be done to make sure that dangerous people aren?t in society, where they can kill.
?For the last 20 years we have been turning people loose and de-institutionalizing people, and I think we?ve swung too far,? he said. ?I think there are still people that need to be in institutions that are a danger to themselves or others. And this is a classic example.?
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Insurance Industry Looking Hard At Climate Change
A recent paper in Science (abstract) examines the insurance industry's reaction to climate change. The industry rakes in trillions of dollars in revenues every year, and a shifting climate would have the potential to drastically cut into the profits left over after settlements have been paid. Hurricane Sandy alone did about $80 billion worth of damage to New York and New Jersey. With incredible amounts of money at stake, the industry is taking climate projections quite seriously. From the article: "Many insurers are using climate science to better quantify and diversify their exposure, more accurately price and communicate risk, and target adaptation and loss-prevention efforts. They also analyze their extensive databases of historical weather- and climate-related losses, for both large- and small-scale events. But insurance modeling is a distinct discipline. Unlike climate models, insurers? models extrapolate historical data rather than simulate the climate system, and they require outputs at finer scales and shorter time frames than climate models."
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Manning's 3 TDs lead Broncos to 34-12 win
DENVER (AP) ? By his own estimation, Peyton Manning is not the quarterback he used to be.
Try telling that to the Cleveland Browns.
Manning threw for a season-high 339 yards and three touchdowns, two of which he zinged into impossibly tight windows to well-covered receivers, that pushed the Denver Broncos into a first-place tie in the AFC standings with a 34-12 win over the Browns.
The 36-year-old quarterback recorded his 72nd career three-touchdown game Sunday as Denver (12-3) won its 10th straight. Manning has 34 touchdowns and 4,355 passing yards this season ? second-most touchdowns he's thrown in his 14 seasons and 203 away from second-most yards, as well.
Yet, when asked if he's playing as well as he did in his prime, Manning didn't hesitate: "I don't. I do not. I don't," he said.
"A 36-year-old quarterback coming off a year and a half off, playing on a new team, I'm trying to be as good as I possibly can in this scenario," he said in an unusually candid news conference. "It's a different kind of body I'm playing in and just a different kind of quarterback play for me."
Yes, Manning says, it takes more time with the trainer, more time in the weight room and there's more mystery because of the injury. But when he hits the field, he looks like the quarterback who has a record four Most Valuable Player awards and is in the running for a fifth.
His first two touchdown passes, to Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker, were Exhibits A and B of his prowess on a breezy, warm day the quarterback used to test out an orange glove. He may use it when the weather gets colder come playoff time.
The throw to Thomas was a 22-yarder lobbed to the back of the end zone. The 10-yard touchdown to Decker was more of a laser. Like the Thomas touchdown, it was thrown in leaping range of the receiver where only he could catch it.
"People call that the Dwight Clark throw," Manning said of the iconic Joe Montana-to-Dwight Clark touchdown that won the 1981 NFC title game for San Francisco.
Browns cornerback Sheldon Brown had blanket-tight coverage on both balls. Sometimes the other guy is simply better.
"I've seen him do a lot of special things," said receiver Brandon Stokley, who also played with Manning in Indianapolis. "It would be hard, at this point, for anything he does to surprise me."
Manning's mastery opens things up for the Denver defense to get aggressive, and it did ? finishing with six sacks, all in the second half.
Von Miller was in on two, the second of which knocked quarterback Brandon Weeden out of the game with an injury to his right shoulder. Late in the fourth quarter, Browns running back Trent Richardson was carted off the field, with trainers looking at his left ankle. Coach Pat Shurmur offered no additional information on the injuries.
Cleveland (5-10) lost its second straight after winning three in a row.
"Our record (stinks) and everybody is disappointed," defensive back Joe Haden said. "Every week it seems like you lose a game and you try to explain why it happened, that you just lost. We need to do better. We just need to win. We can't keep coming here talking all the same."
As good as the Broncos were, there were frustrations. Denver finished with a season-high 11 penalties; Manning threw an interception that ended a long second-quarter drive inside the Cleveland 10; Broncos kick returners bobbled the ball twice, but recovered both; Browns lineman Billy Winn plowed guard Zane Beadles into Manning, altering the trajectory of the pass 30 feet into the air for an incompletion. Manning pounded his fist into the turf after that one.
Imperfections like that have helped the Broncos stay remarkably focused on next week ? in this case, a regular-season finale against Kansas City (2-13) ? instead of a playoff road that seemingly looks easier after every win. This week, it was Houston falling at home, 23-6 to Minnesota, dropping the Texans into a tie for the first spot in the AFC. Houston holds the tiebreaker against Denver, but has a much tougher game ? at Indianapolis (10-5).
"We see it," Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey said of the standings. "But it doesn't distract us."
Miller's 1? sacks gave him 17? for the season, topping Elvis Dumervil's franchise record by ?.
"Individual accomplishments are great, but I think it just says the type of defense that we play here," Miller said.
Denver put this game away during an eight-minute stretch in the third quarter after Cleveland cut its deficit to 14-6.
Manning led a 91-yard touchdown drive, highlighted when he threw a dart that slammed off Decker's hands and dropped into Stokley's. Just another Broncos first down ? and another sign this was not Cleveland's day. Two plays later, Manning hit Decker for an 8-yard touchdown, and three plays after that, Miller knocked Weeden out of the game.
Denver reached 30 points for the 10th time this season, yet another benchmark of success for Manning, a quarterback who insists age and injury have turned him into someone much different than what he once was.
"The ramifications of the (injury) is part of it, and part of it is probably being 36, and part of it is probably playing with a new team," he said. "You can probably add them all together. I'm just trying to kind of be the best I can be in this role."
Notes: With his 53 yards, Richardson has 950, surpassing Jim Brown for the franchise rookie record. ... Denver's 10-game win streak matches the second longest in franchise history, in 1984, when John Elway was quarterback. ... Manning passed Elway and Jake Plummer for second most yards passing in a season for the Broncos. Manning needs 172 to break Jay Cutler's record.
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Smaller Colorado River projected for coming decades, study says
Dec. 23, 2012 ? Some 40 million people depend on the Colorado River Basin for water but warmer weather from rising greenhouse gas levels and a growing population may signal water shortages ahead. In a new study in Nature Climate Change, climate modelers at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory predict a 10 percent drop in the Colorado River's flow in the next few decades, enough to disrupt longtime water-sharing agreements between farms and cities across the American Southwest, from Denver to Los Angeles to Tucson, and through California's Imperial Valley.
"It may not sound like a phenomenally large amount except the water and the river is already over-allocated," said Richard Seager, a climate scientist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and lead author of the new study.
The study expands on findings published in 2007 in the journal Science that the American Southwest is becoming more arid as temperatures rise and rainfall patterns shift from human-caused climate change. It also comes on the heels of a major study of the Colorado River Basin by the U.S. Department of Interior that projected longer and more severe droughts by 2060, and a 9 percent decline in the Colorado's flows.
"The projections are spot on," said Bradley Udall, an expert on hydrology and policy of the American West, at the University of Colorado, Boulder. "Everyone wondered what the next generation of models would say. Now we have a study that suggests we better take seriously the drying projections ahead."
The present study narrows in on three key regions for water managers -- the Colorado River headwaters, the greater California-Nevada region and Texas, which gets nearly all of its water from within state borders. The study makes use of the latest models (those used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in its Fifth Assessment Report due out next fall), to estimate seasonal changes in precipitation, evaporation, water runoff and soil moisture in the near future, 2021-2040. "It's a much finer grain picture than the one we had in 2007," said Seager.
Drying is expected in all three regions, as warmer temperatures trigger more evaporation, even in places that may see greater seasonal rain or snowfall, the study found. The models project that temperatures in 2021-2040 will be 1 to 2 degrees Celsius warmer than now. The Colorado headwaters are expected to see more precipitation on average, but annual stream flow is expected to decline by 10 percent, and as much as 25 percent during springtime, as warmer temperatures boost evaporation, the study found. California and Nevada will also see big changes in spring, with a projected 20 percent drop in spring runoff; Texas will overall become drier with a 10 percent decline in annual runoff. For Texas the models predict that precipitation will decrease and evaporation rates will also go down in spring and summer, but only because "there is no moisture to evaporate," said study co-author Mingfang Ting, a climate scientist at Lamont-Doherty.
Population growth in the Southwest is putting added pressure on regional water resources. To put the Colorado flow projections in context, a 10 percent decline is about five times the amount of water that Las Vegas uses in a year, said Udall. With alternate water sources tapped out, the West will likely have to meet the decline by cutting back on water use. "You can't go build another water project," he said. "That's what makes this problem so difficult."
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Forget Fracking: 2012 Was A Powerful Year For Renewables
Wind turbines stand alongside an electrical tower at the National Wind Technology Center, run by the U.S. Department of Energy, outside Boulder, Colo.
Brennan Linsley/APWind turbines stand alongside an electrical tower at the National Wind Technology Center, run by the U.S. Department of Energy, outside Boulder, Colo.
Brennan Linsley/APNatural gas may have reshaped the domestic energy market in 2012, lowering energy prices and marginalizing the coal industry, but America's shale boom hasn't undermined renewables.
In fact, while analysts were paying attention to fracking this year, a record number of solar panels were being slapped on roofs ? enough to produce 3.2 gigawatts of electricity.
That sounds like a lot, but solar is still providing just .05 percent of the country's total energy. Still, the solar industry keeps expanding. Roan Resh, who heads the Solar Energy Industries Association, said that's because solar panels are becoming cheaper to make and to install.
"Just to give you perspective," Resh said, "in Washington, D.C., where I live, when I installed solar on my house six years ago, the average install cost was about $14 a watt. Today it's about $4 a watt."
So if you're installing solar panels, business is good. But there's a flip side to that equation. Prices are low because of a global manufacturing glut. Solar manufacturers have the capacity to produce way more panels than consumers are asking for right now, and many panel producers are struggling.
The bulk of solar growth is happening at businesses; companies are installing panels on roofs so that they don't have to buy as much energy from the grid. State and federal policies are making that an easy decision for companies. Businesses who install panels can qualify for grants and tax breaks, and laws in 38 states require a certain amount of electricity to be generated by solar, wind and other renewable sources.
A Good Year For Wind Power, Too
Wind was up this year, too. The federal Energy Information Administration says the industry could add 1.2 gigawatts of capacity this year. Wind only provides a small portion of domestic power, about 3 percent.
Wind is on a strong streak with consumers as well, says Rob Gramlich, a vice president at the American Wind Energy Association. "Where we were serving the equivalent of 6 million homes at the end of 2008, we're serving 13 million today," he says.
In three of the last five years, wind has been the fastest-growing energy sector. That was the case in 2012, but this year's totals leave a bit of a false impression. There's been a flurry of activity in December, and in fact more than half of new wind farms will likely come online this month.
"The single-most reason for that is the tax support system which we all rely upon is expiring at year-end," explains Jim Spencer, the president and CEO of New York-based EverPower, which runs wind farms in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and California. "We really accelerated projects that might otherwise have been built next year."
The 2013 Windbreaker
The program ? called a production tax credit ? expires on Dec. 31. It allows companies that get their wind farms running before then to claim a 2.2-cent tax break for every kilowatt hour of energy produced. That might not sound like a lot, but it keeps their business costs down by about 30 percent.
So wind power is about to get 30 percent more expensive for the utilities at a time when natural gas is very cheap. That's bad news, Gramlich says.
"Utilities are looking at those prices. And they simply won't buy nearly as much wind power without that credit," he says.
The tax credit could still pass, likely as part of the huge bills all the "fiscal cliff" agreements will be stuffed into. A last-minute extension, however, won't help for 2013.
"It's really a black hole next year," says EverPower's Spencer. "We have absolutely no construction plans for next year."
So wind will slow down next year, but no matter what happens with natural gas, you can still expect growth in renewables, due to those state laws pushing alternative energy.
States are doing that because climate change scientists around the world agree that if we don't find a replacement for fossil fuels, our goose is cooked.
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Sunday, December 23, 2012
Unemployment down: which states are doing better than others
Unemployment rates fell in 45 states in November, but the strength of the job market varies widely by region, according to US data. Local resources and housing markets are among the reasons.
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The newly released data from the Labor Department reveal stark?differences by state and region: Some are still mired in deep trouble, while others are improving rapidly or enjoy "full employment" conditions.
Some overall patterns:
? The Plains states, rich in energy and agriculture and relatively?light on population, have the strongest job conditions. The?unemployment rate is just 3.7 percent in Nebraska, for instance, and still falling. That's close enough to zero that the state can be?considered at full employment (given that any labor market tends to have some people in transition at any given moment).?Joblessness in a number of neighboring states is in the 5 percent range.
? Many housing bust states are improving along with the market for real estate. The biggest centers of the housing collapse were "sand" states: California, Arizona, Nevada, Florida. All still have?unemployment rates above the national average, but joblessness has been falling steadily this year. In fact, Arizona and Florida are at 7.8 and 8.1 percent, respectively, not far above the nationwide rate of 7.7 percent. California stands at 9.8 percent, and Nevada at a nation-leading 10.8 percent.
? The Northeast has the biggest momentum problem. Although the?unemployment rate improved in these states last month, compared with October, the picture has actually darkened when measured over a six-month span. New Jersey, plus all six New England states except Rhode Island, have seen the jobless rate rise since May. New York, for its part, has been essentially flat over the past 12 months.
Why? One reason may be a tepid housing market. Home prices in the region have been falling in five of these eight states over the past year, and are nearly flat in two others (with Vermont showing a 3 percent price gain), according to Federal Housing Finance Agency data.
The woes of New Jersey and Connecticut, at least in these statistical comparisons, don't have to do with Hurricane Sandy. The official unemployment numbers in those states improved a bit between September and November (with the storm striking in late October). In part, that's because of people who were recently counted by the Labor Department as not in the labor force, for weather-related reasons.
? Elsewhere, two Midwestern states, Illinois and Michigan, deserve mention as populous places where the jobless rate is high and stubborn. Unemployment is higher in these states than it was six months ago.
By contrast, nearby Indiana and Ohio have seen their job markets?improving, similar to patterns seen in much of the West and South.
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If you ran a business and had a veritable window into people?s souls, especially those who you wanted to do business with, would you ignore it?
B2B Marketers ? You?ll really feel the love if you go beyond simply marketing on social media and statrt lsitening to it.
Not if you wanted your business to succeed, yet that?s exactly what appears to be standard operating procedure for many of the country?s execs operating in the B2B space.
The tool? Social media, and according to the 2012 Harris Interactive 2012 Zeno Digital Readiness Survey, that?s precisely how a large minority of B2B decision makers use social media?. or don?t use it, if the survey is an accurate reflection of their behavior.
The survey discovered that while a majority of execs do take social media into account when making their business decisions, it?s a much smaller percentage than the number many people would guess, given the importance social media occupies in society today. Moreover, the percentage that never make a move without consulting their Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Pinterest oracle is but 21%.
Consider this:
- There are over 168 million U.S. Facebook users, equating to over 73% of the Internet-using population, and according to Facebook, they average over 40 minutes a day on the site.
- U.S. Twitter users topped 100 million for the first time in 2012, and Twitter using brands report getting twice the number of inbound leads as those that don?t.
- 53% of B2B companies use Twitter.
- 55% of B2B buyers use social media to help make purchase decisions.
- 82% of buyers trust a brand more if its CEO is active on social media, yet midway through 2012, only 30% of CEOs are active on social networks of any stripe. (BusinessInsider)
It seems that using social media as a decision making tool among B2B brands? decision makers is far less common than one might have thought, even if their companies have a social media presence. While some companies, like eBay, have wholly embraced social media as a powerful decision making tool, even implementing real time listening posts to monitor social traffic and conversations, others have stopped at using social media for marketing only.
The Better Half?
As a marketing company we certainly support social media marketing, however companies that stop there are leaving much on the table. Social media represents the first time that businesses have the ability to not only affect a behavior change, through social media marketing, but also to monitor and correct their efforts in real time.
Brands that don?t do that are missing half the equation. You?re staring an opportunity to monitor your market?s trends, attitudes, and opinions right in the face. As social has grown increasingly mobile recently (According to Hubspot, 49% of smartphone owners use them for social networking) the real time feedback aspect of social media as a way to shape your marketing efforts has grown even more powerful.
Most decision makers are loathe to even take a shower without their mobile device, so this is definitely a trend not to be ignored. According to Techcrunch 22% of LinkedIn?s usres are now mobile, and that number is rising. Given LinkedIn is a B2B marketer?s paradise, how their user base acts definitely bears watching. Since mobile usders get things in near real time, the feedback you?ll get is that much more valuable.
The Social Register?
The bottom line; embrace not just social media marketing, but social media monitoring, too. Watch your blog comments, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn regularly. More to the point, get what they?re telling you, and act on it quickly. Your bottom line will go nowhere but up. Oh, and you C-suiters out there, get your butts using LinkedIn and Twitter, stat!
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Steve has been martketing online since working for a high profile?Internet start up in the first?dot com?boom back in the ?90s. His passion is content creation and marketing.
He is?an established freelance writer, whose content has appeared in both national print media outlets and leading blogs, e-zines, and websites. He is? View?full?profile
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