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A new tool helps airports track disease

By Larry Greenemeier

The next time an illness like SARS threatens to sicken large numbers of people around the world, airports may have a new tool to help them prevent a pandemic. Transportation officials and public health experts are pilot testing a Web site that calculates the risk that passengers coming off any given flight are carrying an emerging infectious disease. With funding from the Transportation Research Board, part of the National Research Council, a team of investigators at the University of Florida used airline traffic figures, disease risk maps and climate data to come up with its online vector-borne disease airline importation risk (VBD-AIR) tool.

Officials can enter the name of the airport they are tracking, the month in question and the disease to be targeted?current choices are all mosquito-borne and include dengue, malaria, yellow fever and chikungunya, which was detected in Florida a few years ago. The result is a network of lines, color-coded by disease risk, that represent flights to the destination airport from all parts of the world.

If a passenger comes into an airport needing medical assistance or ends up at a hospital near the airport, officials need to be able to assess the situation quickly before it gets worse, says Andrew Tatem, an assistant professor in the University of Florida's Emerging Pathogens Institute and the school's department of geography. The VBD-AIR database might help prioritize which travelers coming into an airport should be screened, based on their risk of exposure and the disease's virulence, adds Tatem, one of the researchers who helped to develop the VBD-AIR program, which could also serve as a preventive measure by warning travelers of areas to avoid.

The researchers plan to expand the program to track infectious diseases such as leishmaniasis (found in certain areas of South America, Africa and the Middle East and transmitted by sand fly bites), Rift Valley fever (discovered in Kenya but now has spread to other areas of Africa and the Middle East), and Chagas disease (most commonly caused by insects found in South and Central America).

This article was originally published with the title A Deadly Jet Set.

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Reaction To The Proposed Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and ...

The proposed Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill seeks to stipulate that a consensus of at least 80% of the land owners is required for any private project. The percentage becomes 70% if the land is to be developed under public private partnership. Any Government-undertaken project does not require such a consensus.

The proposed Bill further stipulates that if the land is being acquired for urbanization purposes, the Government needs to set aside 20% of the land for the person who is parting with the land. It also says that any unutilized land has to be returned to the land owner. These are certainly positives and in line with the larger purposes that the Bill seeks to address.

One point of doubt would be that the proposed Bill says that the provisions would be applied retrospectively if the award of compensation has not yet been made. By award of compensation, one would assume that the land owner has actually received the funds into his bank account.

If the land owner in question has not accepted or otherwise received payment, it does not count as award of compensation. The implication is that if the land owner has not received compensation for any reason at all, he can bargain for a higher price and thereby hold up the process and also contribute to further land inflation.

The Bill further states that the entire process of land acquisition and award of compensation needs to be completed within five years of date of proposal, else the transaction stands cancelled. While it all seems positive on the surface, the fact is that there is also potential for even more uncertainty in the process of land acquisition.

The idea of the Bill was to ensure that land owners get fair and timely compensation and also resettlement options. However, it would need further tweaking to ensure that there is no potential for land owners to drive up land prices in the bargain ? which, in turn, would mean that the cost of the finished products also rises.

Mayank Saksena, Managing Director ? Kolkata & Head ? Land Services, Jones Lang LaSalle India

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South Africa police fire rubber bullets at striking miners

RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - South African police fired rubber bullets and teargas on Tuesday at striking Amplats miners who were protesting against a union-brokered deal to end a six-week wildcat walkout at the top platinum producer.

One protester was dragged away bleeding heavily and unable to walk, and was treated by paramedics, a Reuters witness said.

The strikers at Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) mines near Rustenburg, 120 km (70 miles) northwest of Johannesburg, had been due to return to work following an offer by the company to reinstate 12,000 men sacked for downing tools six weeks ago.

Amplats said at the weekend it had reached a deal with several unions and would be offering sweeteners, such as a one-off hardship payment of 2,000 rand ($230), to end a strike that has crippled production.

A return to work on Tuesday was one of the conditions attached to the deal.

At the Thembelani mine hundreds of miners barricaded a road to one of the shafts with burning tyres.

"No one is at work today unless they snuck in," Mayford Mjuza, a worker representative, told Reuters as a police helicopter hovered nearby.

Amplats said it was still gathering details on attendance at its four strike-hit Rustenburg mines.

Striking miners are due to hold a mass meeting at a football pitch near Rustenburg later on Tuesday.

Months of labour unrest in the mines have hit platinum and gold output, threatened growth in Africa's biggest economy and drawn criticism of President Jacob Zuma for his handling of the most damaging strikes since the end of apartheid in 1994.

Management threats of mass dismissals and some payment sweeteners have ended some strikes in the last two weeks.

However, workers at Thembelani said they were determined to stay away until Amplats matched a salary increase of up to 22 percent offered by rival Lonmin following a violent wildcat walkout at its nearby Marikana platinum mine in August.

The Lonmin offer came in the wake of the police killing of 34 miners on August 16, the nation's bloodiest security incident since apartheid.

MacDonald Motsaathebe, who has been with Amplats for 12 years, said workers did not agree to the deal struck at the weekend between Amplats and unions including the National Union of Mineworkers.

"We didn't agree to the offer. We want 16,000 rand. Lonmin miners got it, and we want it," said the 35-year-old, whose salary supports nine people. "We earn peanuts."

While the situation at Amplats has yet to be resolved, tensions at other mining companies have eased.

Strikers at gold firms including AngloGold Ashanti and Gold Fields returned to work last week after threats of mass dismissals and an offer of a small pay increase.

(Additional reporting and writing by Agnieszka Flak; Editing by Louise Ireland and Ed Cropley)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-amplats-strikers-defy-return-deadline-065932811--sector.html

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Sean Combs AKA P Diddy In Scary Car Accident

Rapper Sean Combs, who also goes by P Diddy or just plain Diddy, was in a nasty car accident in Los Angeles today but he [...]

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New Book: Law of Superheroes - Patent Law Blog (Patently-O)

by Dennis Crouch

The book that we've all been waiting for is finally out: The Law of Superheroes. ?I am serious here -- at least that I have been waiting for this book ever since I discussed the project with co-author James Dailey a few years ago when he visited the Mizzou campus. ?Daily and Ryan Davidson have turned their popular blog (lawandthemultiverse.com) into book published by Gotham Books, a division of Penguin. Daily is a patent attorney and the book answers many IP questions that may have vexed comic book readers:

• Does Batman's use of Wayne Enterprises' advanced technologies to stop crimes (at night) negate patentability?
• Does Spiderman infringe any genetic engineering patents?
• In our universe, the Beatles broke up and John Lennon died. However, there are other (far better) universes where that did not happen. What copyright laws would apply when someone wants distribute copies of the Beatles' 40^th Anniversary Album that was brought back from that alternate universe?

One of the book's thirteen chapters focuses on intellectual property. But the book as a whole covers a host of topics ranging from Constitutional law to immigration; from criminal procedure to the legal treatment of non-human intelligence.

Great work by Daily and Davidson! I am already looking for Volume II. Law students beware: the book offers a host of original hypothetical questions that would be readily used on final examinations.

Amazon's current price is $14.60.

Source: http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2012/10/new-book-law-of-superheroes.html

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firsts | uninterrupted prosperity

There are a lot of firsts happening over here: Firsts for Kiya, and firsts for all of us. Everything is brand new to Craig and me as parents, of course. There are some things that are probably not true firsts for Kiya, but we haven?t seen her do them before, so they are new to us.

This week, we?ve had our first successful (fun, even) bath at home. Bath time was a real challenge last week, but we finally have some smiles and some splashing in the bath now. We are also having our first exposure to the nonstop noises that come out of Kiya?s mouth! She is a big time talker ? from giggles to grunts, she says it all. We never heard her say much during our week in Ethiopia, so this has been really fun to watch unfold. And today, she and I took our first walk with the beagles (without another person to help with the dogs). I?m proud to report that each of us returned home in one piece.

We had our first lesson on who to root for in college football, no matter how disappointing it can be:

And our first family photo at home, wearing our Team Beth t-shirts to support our friend Beth at Race for the Cure (which we had to miss):

We also had our first walk at the lake:

And our first visitor (Grandma!):

Craig went back to work this week, and this was the scene when we welcomed him home on his first day:

Kiya had her first food other than formula or cereal (sweet potatoes, which were a big hit on the second try):

Kiya had her first nap in her crib:

And we had our first trip to the grocery store:

[Sorry for the random photo sizing and grainy quality of some photos. Some day I will get the real camera out again, right?]

In addition to all of this good stuff, we?re also having our first small struggles. I think we?ve had the honeymoon period I hear so many adoptive parents talk about, and now we?re entering Real Life. That?s not to say that things aren?t still generally very, very good over here. Kiya is a happy girl and we can tell she is really starting to bond with us. But today, our first day of just the two of us at home all day, we had an afternoon-long battle over a nap (she won) and some meltdowns that I described to Craig as ?in and out of Airplane mode.? [I believe "Airplane" is now our code word for something along the lines of Code Red. It stems from that flight from Amsterdam to Dulles that will be forever etched in our minds.] We?re pretty sure that her first tooth is on its way (and we know that teething throws everything out the window), and beyond that, it could have been any number of things. She could be grieving the loss of all she ever knew. She could be confused by the addition of Grandma for a few days and then Grandma?s departure. Should I have stayed at home instead of taking her out to the store? Or was it the introduction of her crib at her morning nap (which went fine)? The list goes on and on.

It?s hard to not know what?s going on, and of course, to not be able to fix it for her. But that, I suppose, is motherhood, isn?t it? This is my first go at it, you know, so I have a lot to learn.

I certainly know that today is only the first of many challenging times together. I?m hoping, though, that over time I will learn how to help her through the difficult days, and that, in turn, she will learn to let me help her.

Source: http://uninterruptedprosperity.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/firsts/

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Sandy now hurricane near Jamaica

Hurricane Sandy made landfall along Jamaica's southeast coastline Wednesday afternoon, while forecasters said there's a chance Sandy will eventually hug the East Coast and possibly even make landfall in the Northeast.

One of two computer models being tracked has Sandy moving inland over the Northeast by early Tuesday morning, NBC News meteorologist Al Roker said on TODAY.

That scenario is more likely to play out, he added, if the jet stream curves back and allows "Sandy to hug the coast and bring it as either a tropical storm or very weak hurricane."

In that case, the Northeast could see 10-12 inches of rain along the Eastern Seaboard.

Video: Sandy could head for Northeast (on this page)

In Jamaica, schools were closed and shelters opened to residents of flood-prone areas ahead of landfall.

Several roads were flooded, Reuters said, and mudslides were reported near villages on the outskirts of Kingston. The government closed the island's two international airports in Kingston and Montego Bay on Tuesday night.

At 2 p.m. ET, Sandy was centered about 30 miles south of the Jamaican capital, Kingston, and was moving north at 14 miles per hour with top sustained winds of 80 miles per hour, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an update.

Sandy had earlier strengthened from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane.

In the U.S. a tropical storm watch has been issued for south Florida up to Jupiter Inlet.

The Miami area should see the worst from Sandy on Thursday night and Friday, the National Weather Service stated. Strong winds, beach erosion and heavy rain are possible across Southeast Florida, it added.

A hurricane warning was in effect for both Jamaica and Cuba, although Sandy is not expected to go beyond a Category 1 hurricane on the five-step intensity scale.

The two computer models showed Sandy was on a projected path cutting across the middle of Jamaica near Kingston and then the north coast resort of Ocho Rios before passing over eastern Cuba and losing hurricane strength as it reaches the Bahamas.

Sandy could dump 6-12 inches of rain across parts of Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and eastern Cuba, and up to 20 inches in a few places, forecasters said.

"These rains may produce life-threatening flash floods and mudslides ... especially in areas of mountainous terrain," the hurricane center warned.

Storm surge could also raise water levels on Jamaica's south and east coasts by 1 to 3 feet above normal tide levels, the center added, and as much as 4 to 7 feet above normal in the Bahamas on Friday.

Out in the deep Atlantic, Tropical Storm Tony formed overnight but posed no threat to land as it moved northeast.

Reuters contributed to this report.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49533577/ns/weather/

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Rethinking toxic proteins on the cellular level

Public release date: 18-Oct-2012
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Lipid droplets play an unexpected role in embryo development

Histones are proteins needed to assemble DNA molecules into chromosomes. They have long represented a classic balancing act in biology; too few histone molecules result in DNA damage, while too many histones are toxic to the cell. New research at the University of Rochester is causing a fundamental shift in the concept of histone balance and the mechanism behind it.

Previous studies of Drosophila embryos showed massive amounts of histones located on lipid droplets, the structures associated with fat storage. While it had been speculated that the lipid droplets provide a place for safe, temporary storage of the histones, scientists had no clear proof for this storage idea nor did they understand how the histones attached to the surface of the droplets.

"What we discovered is that the lipid droplets serve as a holding space, making the histones available for the formation of chromosomes at the precise time they're needed," said Associate Professor of Biology Michael Welte. "We also found that when there are no lipid droplet-bound histones in the embryo, there are problems with the structure of chromosomes that can lead to death."

Welte and his research team were able to come to these conclusions by identifying the protein called "Jabba" as the specific molecule that anchors histones onto the surface of the lipid droplets.

The other scientists on the research team were Zhihuan Li in Rochester, and Katharina Thiel, Peter Thul, Mathias Beller and Ronald Khnlein in Germany. Their work will be published next month in the journal Current Biology.

Histones not bound to DNA have long been considered toxic, prompting them to be destroyed by the cells. Welte's work demonstrates that binding to lipid droplets protects the histones, while storing them for later use in chromosome assembly.

Since there is evidence that histones and other proteins are associated with lipid droplets in a variety of organisms, including humans, Welte believes there may be medical relevance in the future.

"We've shown that lipid droplets have a function beyond fat metabolism, and it raises the possibility that, in some cases, fat storage may be beneficial," said Welte. "Additional lipid droplets may allow more toxic proteins to be sequestered, thus protecting the organism."

The next step for Welte and his lab is to determine how Jabba attaches the histones to the lipid droplets and how the binding is regulated. Welte also wants to know if proteins other than histones are being sequestered on the droplets for future use by the Drosophila embryo.

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Contact: Peter Iglinski
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585-273-4726
University of Rochester

Lipid droplets play an unexpected role in embryo development

Histones are proteins needed to assemble DNA molecules into chromosomes. They have long represented a classic balancing act in biology; too few histone molecules result in DNA damage, while too many histones are toxic to the cell. New research at the University of Rochester is causing a fundamental shift in the concept of histone balance and the mechanism behind it.

Previous studies of Drosophila embryos showed massive amounts of histones located on lipid droplets, the structures associated with fat storage. While it had been speculated that the lipid droplets provide a place for safe, temporary storage of the histones, scientists had no clear proof for this storage idea nor did they understand how the histones attached to the surface of the droplets.

"What we discovered is that the lipid droplets serve as a holding space, making the histones available for the formation of chromosomes at the precise time they're needed," said Associate Professor of Biology Michael Welte. "We also found that when there are no lipid droplet-bound histones in the embryo, there are problems with the structure of chromosomes that can lead to death."

Welte and his research team were able to come to these conclusions by identifying the protein called "Jabba" as the specific molecule that anchors histones onto the surface of the lipid droplets.

The other scientists on the research team were Zhihuan Li in Rochester, and Katharina Thiel, Peter Thul, Mathias Beller and Ronald Khnlein in Germany. Their work will be published next month in the journal Current Biology.

Histones not bound to DNA have long been considered toxic, prompting them to be destroyed by the cells. Welte's work demonstrates that binding to lipid droplets protects the histones, while storing them for later use in chromosome assembly.

Since there is evidence that histones and other proteins are associated with lipid droplets in a variety of organisms, including humans, Welte believes there may be medical relevance in the future.

"We've shown that lipid droplets have a function beyond fat metabolism, and it raises the possibility that, in some cases, fat storage may be beneficial," said Welte. "Additional lipid droplets may allow more toxic proteins to be sequestered, thus protecting the organism."

The next step for Welte and his lab is to determine how Jabba attaches the histones to the lipid droplets and how the binding is regulated. Welte also wants to know if proteins other than histones are being sequestered on the droplets for future use by the Drosophila embryo.

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Report: 12 Kurdish rebels killed in clashes

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Agriculture provides diversity in Twin Falls economy?

It?s hard to drive anywhere in south-central Idaho without passing fields of corn and truckloads of freshly harvested russet potatoes. Twin Falls County is one of Idaho?s leading agricultural producers. According to the University of Idaho Extension, the county has 1.2 million acres, and about one-third of that land is used for agriculture. Although nonfarm jobs account ...

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Strong energy, miners lead UK stocks higher

Britain's top share index pushed higher on Tuesday, tracking

gains on Wall Street and in Asia as investors turned more

positively on the outlook for equities following recent

better-than-expected U.S. corporate results and macroeconomic

data.

Gains by heavyweight energy, mining, and banking stocks

provided the main strength for the blue chips as investors'

appetite for riskier assets continued to improve.

At 0710 GMT, the FTSE 100 index was up 27.04 points,

or 0.5 percent at 5,832.65, having ended 0.2 percent higher on

Monday.

But although there seemed to be more optimism on the outlook

for third-quarter earnings and global growth, there remained

pockets of caution.

GKN was the biggest blue chip faller, shedding 2.5

percent as the car and plane parts maker GKN said a sluggish

European automotive market weighed on third quarter profit and

that a continued slump could impact the group for the remainder

of the year.

(Reporting By Jon Hopkins; Editing by Toni Vorobyova)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/strong-energy-miners-lead-uk-stocks-higher-071355274--sector.html

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Nissan to offer steer-by-wire systems in some Infiniti cars

We're all at least somewhat familiar with fly-by-wire, the electronic piloting system found in most modern planes. Nissan wants to bring the same tech to cars, leaving behind the purely mechanical solutions currently used to take turns in your four-wheeler. The first automobiles to come equipped with steer-by-wire would be luxury sedans from Infiniti. Other companies have incorporated the tech into concept vehicles, but Nissan would be the first to stick it in a production model. The company plans to have the first drive-by-wire cars in consumer garages by the end of next year, with an eye towards a future in which you drive from the back seat using a joystick. Of course, the lack of direct feedback as your tires turn over the road may lead some to cling tight to their mechanical steering apparatus, though, moving to a digital steering system should lead to better handling vehicles.

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Swiss army prepares for euro zone unrest

By Matt Clinch, cnbc.com

With anti-austerity protests across Europe resulting in civil unrest on the streets of Athens and Madrid, Switzerland?-- the European country famed for its neutrality?-- is taking unusual precautions.

It launched the military exercise ?Stabilo Due? in September to respond to the current instability in Europe and to test the speed at which its army can be dispatched. The country is not a member of the union or among the 17 countries that share the euro.

Swiss newspaper Der Sonntag reported recently that the exercise centered around a risk map created in 2010, where army staff detailed the threat of internal unrest between warring factions as well as the possibility of refugees from Greece, Spain, Italy, France, and Portugal.

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The Swiss defense ministry told CNBC that it?doesn't?rule out having to deploy troops in the coming years.

?It's not excluded that the consequences of the financial crisis in Switzerland can lead to protests and violence,? a spokesperson told CNBC.com. ?The army must be ready when the police in such cases requests for subsidiary help.?

Some 2,000 troops were part of the drill exercise in eight different towns across the country. Infantry soldiers were used as well as the air force and special forces personnel in an assignment that took years to organize.

The decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the EU was met with confusion among those who have witnessed Europe's economic crisis, and deep unrest. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

Quoted in a Schweizer Soldat magazine, Defense Minister Ueli Maurer warned of an escalation of violence in Europe.

"I can?t exclude that in the coming years we may need the army," he said.

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According to the minister, some European countries?- under pressure to save - didn't?renew their armies as they could no longer afford the upkeep of modern systems.?

He said that the situation could amplify dramatically, with countries that?couldn't?defend themselves facing the possibility of ?blackmail.? In the paper, he also asked how long the crisis could be calmed with money alone.

Der Sonntag newspaper also reported that army chief Andr? Blattmann is set to submit a proposal in December to utilize four battalions of military police. This will consist of 1,600 soldiers guarding strategic points in the country including the airport, industrial plants, and the international organizations in Geneva.

Protests have taken place in numerous European cities since the financial crisis hit the continent in 2008. In September, 70,000 people marched to the Greek Parliament in Athens and the protests ended with demonstrators clashing with police.

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Last week, at least 7,000 plainclothes police and hundreds more undercover agents were mobilized to lock down Athens. Snipers, commando seals, frogmen, and helicopters were also present as German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the country and thousands of protesters streamed into Syntagma square.

A reason to exist?
The military is a hot topic in Switzerland, which has mandatory military service. Under Swiss law, all able-bodied men at age 19 have to undergo five months of training, followed by refresher courses of several weeks over the next decade.

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A referendum is likely to take place next year to decide the fate of this conscription policy. The current number of recruits stands at 200,000 ? the biggest army in Europe relative to population size.

While Greece gears up for more protests against austerity cuts, the health care system is in tatters with little cash for drugs or doctors. ITV's James Mates reports.

Josef Lang, the vice president of the Swiss Green Party and leader of the country?s pacifist movement, told CNBC.com that the defense ministry was using the euro zone crisis for political purposes ahead of this key vote.

?They?re using social unrest and instability in Europe to give more credibility to the army,? he said. ?Switzerland for many years has never fought anyone else. This is what we call in Switzerland interior actions ? actions by the Swiss army against their own citizens. There is a long history of this in Switzerland.?

Lang added that he didn't believe the streets of Switzerland would see the unrest that has been seen in Spain or Greece. GSOA, a group working to reduce the military activities of Switzerland, had similar thoughts.

Austerity upon austerity doesn?t work: IMF?s Lagarde

?The Swiss army is looking desperately for a reason to exist, this is why they always try to find new tasks,? a spokesperson said. ?There are some very small groups which like smashing up windows, but this happens only two or three times per year and the police can handle it more or less well.?

One former soldier in the Swiss army told CNBC that his superiors would often ask him to use ammunition liberally in training scenarios.

?That meant: ?Use up everything, have fun, if we don't use it all up they're going to think we need less and cut the budget,? ? he told CNBC.com. ?Sometimes they make up a kind of alternate Europe with made-up countries and stuff, just to give a frame for tactic games and exercises.?

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Help Struggling Americans Hold Onto Their Homes: Appoint New ...

By Kevin Rychel

Target: President Obama

Goal:?Replace acting?Federal Home Financial Agency?director Edward DeMarco with someone who has the American people?s best interests in mind

Economists across the political spectrum agree that targeted debt relief ? i.e. reducing the principal (the initial amount borrowed, and therefore owed) on mortgages of American homeowners facing foreclosure ?? would help many Americans keep their homes. This is especially relevant for the 11 million borrowers who owe more on their mortgage than their house is worth.?Nonetheless, current Federal Home Financial Agency (FHFA) director Edward DeMarco refuses to implement this policy citing ?moral hazard? ? or rather, that principal reduction would somehow encourage some borrowers to strategically stop paying their mortgage ? as his excuse. Most economists and legal scholars reject the notion that a significant number of American borrowers would stop paying their mortgages as a result of a targeted debt relief policy. What?s more, the institution headed by DeMarco, the FHFA, itself estimates that principal?reduction could provide up to $500 million worth of relief to taxpayers. The Treasury department estimate is even higher, at $1 billion.

DeMarco has stated outright that his interests do not lie in providing relief for struggling American homeowners but in ?preserving the assets? of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two government-owned mortgage-holding banks consolidated under the FHFA. In this sense he is clearly unfit for his position and many (including the Obama administration) have sought to have him removed from his position. However, Senate Republicans have blocked President Obama from appointing someone else to his position.

The President can get rid of Edward DeMarco. Like he did with the appointment of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray, the President can use a Senate recess to appoint a new director to the FHFA (DeMarco is the acting director). As long as DeMarco opposes policies that would provide needed relief for homeowners facing foreclosure, he demonstrates his ineptitude as the FHFA acting director. Americans struggling with foreclosure deserve someone who will speak for their interests. Demand that President Obama take action to remove Edward DeMarco.

PETITION LETTER:

Dear President Obama,

American homeowners are in trouble. Foreclosures, both legal and illegal, are going on across the country and Americans are struggling to keep their homes. Economists and policy makers ? including those in your own administration ? agree that principal reduction is the right action to take in the wake of America?s foreclosure crisis. But the acting Federal Home Financial Agency director, Edward DeMarco, continues to oppose this policy on abstract moral grounds that have nothing to do with the problem at hand ? helping struggling Americans hang on to their homes.

I understand the Senate has blocked your attempt to dismiss DeMarco. This isn?t your only course of action though. Like you did with the appointment of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray, you can use a recess appointment to appoint a new head for the FHFA.

Mr. President, you can use your power to appoint someone who speaks for the interests of Americans struggling with foreclosure. Please replace Edward DeMarco with someone who cares about struggling homeowners.

Sincerely,

[Your Name Here]

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Fewer injury claims can mean lower auto insurance premiums ...

We cannot think of a single person we know who is not looking for ways to save money. Even the fabled 1 percent looks for deals, if only to maintain their 1 percent status. And one bill that makes most people gasp is the auto insurance premium. South Carolina is no exception: It's expensive to keep a car.

We usually talk about accidents and personal injury stories, though, so why are we talking about auto insurance all of a sudden? Because insurance companies take all sorts of things into account when underwriting an auto policy, and one of those things is the number of car accidents the insured has had.

Smart shoppers look at safety ratings and mileage when they're thinking about buying a new car. What they may not realize is that some cars are statistically more likely to be in an accident than others. If you buy one of those cars, you may never be in a crash or get a ticket, but your insurance could still be higher than it would have been if you'd just gone to the lot across the highway.

According to the Highway Loss Data Institute, the Toyota Yaris, a subcompact, was the car associated with the most personal injury claims filed from 2009 to 2011. The Yaris outpaced all other vehicles. Second on the list was the Suzuki SX4. Other vehicles near the top of the list were the Chevrolet Aveo, Dodge Avenger, Hyundai Accent, Kia Rio, Mitsubishi Galant and Nissan's Sentra and Versa.

More importantly, perhaps, are the vehicles at the bottom of the list, the sedans and SUVs that were listed less often than the rest in personal injury claims. The Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet's Corvette and Silverado, the Ford F-150, Land Rover and Range Rover, the Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Lexus LX 570 and the Mercedes-Benz SL-Class Convertible are actually safer bets than some of the smaller economy cars.

Best of all, though, the car with the lowest number of claims, at just 4.5 claims per 1,000 vehicles, is the Porsche 911. The classic sports car is not only a mid-life crisis dream, it's not nearly as expensive to insure as it could be.

Source: Los Angeles Times, "Toyota Yaris ranked worst among injury claims in insurance study," Jerry Hirsch, Sept. 21, 2012

Source: http://www.charlestonpersonalinjurylawblog.com/2012/10/fewer-injury-claims-can-mean-lower-auto-insurance-premiums.shtml

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Iran says Hezbollah drone sent into Israel proves its capabilities

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday the launch of a drone aircraft into Israel by Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was a sign of the Islamic Republic's military capabilities.

Hezbollah claimed responsibility on Thursday for the launch of the drone aircraft which Israel shot down last weekend after flying 25 miles into the Jewish state, saying the drone's parts were manufactured in Iran and assembled in Lebanon.

Tensions have increased in the region with Israel threatening to bomb the nuclear sites of Hezbollah's patron Iran if diplomacy and sanctions fail to stop Iranian nuclear activity the West suspects is meant to develop a weapons capability. Tehran says it is seeking only civilian nuclear energy.

Iran has threatened in turn to attack U.S. military bases in the Middle East and retaliate against Israel if attacked.

"Iran has great capabilities and our capabilities are at the service of the Islamic nation," Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi told state television. "The Zionist regime (Israel)...was defeated in this respect and it can no longer bully Islamic nations," he added.

Vahidi said Iran believed Hezbollah had the right to launch the drone into Israeli airspace since Israel's warplanes "repeatedly violate Lebanese airspace".

Iran has said the incursion exposed the weakness of Israeli air defence, indicating that Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile defence system "does not work and lacks the necessary capacity". The Iron Dome system, jointly funded with Washington, is designed to down short-range guerrilla rockets, not slow-flying aircraft.

Hezbollah, a powerful Shi'ite Muslim militant and political group backed by Syria and Iran, was established with the help of Iran's Revolutionary Guards after Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon.

Hezbollah last fought Israel in 2006 during a 34-day war in which 1,200 people in Lebanon, mostly civilians, and 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers, were killed.

(Reporting by Zahra Hosseinian, editing by Diana Abdallah)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/iran-says-hezbollah-drone-sent-israel-proves-capabilities-141637351.html

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Suicide bombing kills 14 at Pakistan market

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