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Saturday, December 31, 2011
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New Year cheer starts early in time-jumping Samoa (AP)
APIA, Samoa ? The New Year's Eve parties started a whole day early on the South Pacific island nation of Samoa, after a hop across the international date line transported the country 24 hours into the future ? making it the first in the world to ring in the new year.
Samoans began celebrating under a rainbow of fireworks at the stroke of midnight on Thursday, Dec. 29 ? when the country skipped over Friday and moved straight into 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 31.
Samoa and neighboring Tokelau lie near the date line that zigzags vertically through the Pacific Ocean, and both sets of islands decided to realign themselves this year from the Americas side of the line to the Asia side, to be more in tune with key trading partners.
The time-jump revelry in Samoa continued throughout Saturday as the hours ticked down to 2012. Pools and beaches across the capital, Apia, were packed with Samoans and tourists celebrating the country's sudden position as the first in the world to ring in the new year, rather than the last.
Despite the extended festivities, Samoan police said there had been no reports of any problems.
"More than 90 percent of our people really appreciate the change, and that contributes to its success," said one official who could not be named as he was not authorized to speak publicly.
Elsewhere across the globe, people prepared to say goodbye to a year that was marked by upheaval and mass protests in several Arab countries, economic turmoil and a seemingly endless string of devastating natural disasters.
In Australia, people began crowding onto the shores of Sydney's glittering harbor early Saturday in a bid for the best spot to watch the midnight fireworks extravaganza over the iconic Harbour Bridge. The display was designed around the theme "Time to Dream," a nod to the eagerness many felt at moving forward after the rough year.
"It's about giving people the opportunity to dream of the year ahead and that hopefully it is a bit better than the year we've had," said Aneurin Coffey, the producer of Sydney's New Year's festivities.
Some of the fireworks were expected to explode in the shape of clouds ? "Because every cloud has a silver lining," Coffey said. A series of colorful lights will be beamed onto the center of the bridge forming an "endless rainbow" meant to evoke hope.
Many were eager for a fresh start.
"I've had enough this year," said 68-year-old Sandra Cameron, who lost nearly everything she owned when her home in Australia's Queensland state was flooded to the ceiling during a monstrous cyclone in February. "It's gotta be a better year next year."
For Japan, 2011 was the year the nation was struck by a giant tsunami and earthquake that left an entire coastline destroyed, nearly 20,000 people dead or missing and the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in meltdown.
At the year's end, many in Japan were left reflecting on the fragility of life, while remaining quietly determined to recover.
"For me, the biggest thing that defined this year was the disaster in March," said Miku Sano, 28, a nursing student in Fukushima city. "Honestly, I didn't know what to say to these people, who had to fight sickness while living in fear about ever being able to go back home. The radiation levels in the city of Fukushima, where I live, are definitely not low, and we don't know how that is going to affect our health in the future."
People across Japan were expected to spend Saturday visiting shrines and temples, offering their first prayers for the year. The giant hanging bells at temples will ring 108 times to purify the world of evil and bring good luck.
Kouichi Takayama, a university student, said 2011 was a year he would never forget.
"It was a year I felt the preciousness of life with a passion," he said. "But I was also able to catch a glimpse of the warmth of human relations, and reconfirm my gratitude for family, community and everyday life. I hope I can connect meaningfully with more people next year to create a Japan that truly endures toward the future."
In the southern Philippine city of Cagayan de Oro, people were still reeling from deadly flash flooding sparked by Tropical Storm Washi. The storm killed more than 1,200 in the southern and central Philippines, 800 of which were in Cagayan de Oro.
For Ana Caneda, a disaster relief official in Cagayan de Oro, the new year "offers a new ray of hope."
"It's going to be a relief to write the date 2012, not 2011," Caneda said.
In Hong Kong, more than 400,000 people were expected to watch a 4-minute, $1 million display of fireworks that will shoot off from 10 skyscrapers, lighting up the city's famed Victoria Harbour.
Raymond Lo, a master of feng shui ? the Chinese art of arranging objects and choosing dates to improve luck ? said he wasn't surprised that 2011 was such a tumultuous year because it was associated with the natural elements of metal and wood. The year's natural disasters were foreshadowed, Lo said, because wood ? which represents trees and nature ? was attacked by metal.
2012 could be better because it's associated with ocean water, which represents energy and drive and the washing away of old habits, Lo said.
"Big water also means charity, generosity," Lo said. "Therefore that means sharing. That means maybe the big tycoons will share some of their wealth."
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Gelineau reported from Sydney. Associated Press writers Ray Lilley in Wellington, New Zealand, Teresa Cerojano in Manila, Philippines, Kelvin Chan in Hong Kong and Yuri Kageyama in Tokyo contributed to this report.
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Myanmar sets parliamentary by-election for April 1 (AP)
YANGON, Myanmar ? Myanmar set parliamentary by-elections for April 1, scheduling a highly anticipated vote that will return pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party to mainstream politics after two decades.
Before state media reported the date late Friday, Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy had said they planned to run in every seat in the by-election.
Her party boycotted last year's general elections because of restrictive rules that among other things prevented Suu Kyi from being a candidate. The government has since lifted many of those restrictions.
Most of the 48 Parliament seats being contested were vacated by MPs who became Cabinet ministers after the first parliamentary session in January.
The military is guaranteed 110 seats in the 440-seat lower house, and 56 seats in the 224-seat upper house, and the pro-military party now occupies 80 percent of the remaining 498 elected seats, so the 48 seats up for grabs, even if the NLD wins them all, will not change the balance of power.
The official announcement said political parties that will contest in the by-election must submit their candidate list by Jan. 31.
The NLD reregistered as a political party on Dec. 23.
Allowing Suu Kyi's party back into the political fold will likely give the government greater legitimacy at home and abroad.
The by-elections will also be a test of the popularity of the NLD, and Suu Kyi has cautioned that "the road ahead is full of difficulties and the road to democracy is endless."
The NLD won an overwhelming majority in elections in May 1990, but the results were ignored by the military government in power at that time.
Last year's elections were the first since 1990, but Suu Kyi was under house arrest and disqualified as a candidate.
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Syrian defectors hold fire amid Arab League visit
A couple sits on their balcony beneath a picture of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a government-organized media tour in the flashpoint city of Homs in central Syria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011.(AP Photo/ Bassem Tellawi)
A couple sits on their balcony beneath a picture of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a government-organized media tour in the flashpoint city of Homs in central Syria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011.(AP Photo/ Bassem Tellawi)
A picture of President Bashar Assad is seen as people walk the streets of the flashpoint city of Homs in central Syria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, during a government-organized media tour.(AP Photo/ Bassem Tellawi)
Pro-Syrian regime protesters chant slogans while one holds a picture of President Bashar Assad in the flashpoint city of Homs in central Syria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011.(AP Photo/ Bassem Tellawi)
ADDS INFORMATION ABOUT THE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE - A Syrian Army vehicle with a bullet-riddled windshield is seen during a government-organized media tour in the flashpoint city of Homs in central Syria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. Syrian officials say the vehicle came under fire by gunmen while transporting food to Syrian troops. Syria's opposition called Thursday for the removal of the Sudanese general heading the Arab League mission sent to monitor the crackdown by the Damascus government because he held key security positions in the regime of President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted on international charges of committing genocide in Darfur.(AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
ADDS INFORMATION ON HOW THE MAN WAS INJURED - A wounded Syrian military service member is seen at the Abdul-Qader Shafta hospital during a government-organized media tour in the flashpoint city of Homs in central Syria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. Syrian officials said the service member was ambushed by gunmen. Syria's opposition called Thursday for the removal of the Sudanese general heading the Arab League mission sent to monitor the crackdown by the Damascus government because he held key security positions in the regime of President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted on international charges of committing genocide in Darfur.(AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
BEIRUT (AP) ? The rebel Free Syrian Army said Friday it has stopped its offensive against government targets during a month-long mission by Arab Legue monitors, saying it wants to expose how the regime is killing peaceful protesters.
The leader of the FSA, breakaway air force Col. Riad al-Asaad, said his troops have halted the attacks since the observers arrived on Tuesday. The government insists terrorists and gangs are driving nine months of crisis in Syria.
"We stopped to show respect to Arab brothers, to prove that there are no armed gangs in Syria, and for the monitors to be able to go wherever they want," al-Asaad told The Associated Press by telephone from his base in Turkey.
"We only defend ourselves now. This is our right and the right of every human being," he said, adding that his group will resume attacks after the observers finish their mission.
The Free Syrian Army says it is comprised of some 15,000 army defectors who abandoned the regime during the uprising. The group has claimed responsibility for attacks on government installations that have killed scores of soldiers and members of the security forces.
Also Friday, Russia's Foreign Ministry said an initial assessment by Arab League observers in Syria was "reassuring," even as activists reported fresh violence by security forces that killed at least nine people.
Moscow is one of Syria's few remaining allies following more than nine months of violence stemming from a massive protest movement. The United Nations says some 5,000 people have been killed in the government crackdown on dissent.
"Moscow appraises with satisfaction the real beginning of the Arab League activities in Syria," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The ministry noted that the Sudanese general who heads the mission visited the restive city of Homs.
"The situation there is reassuring, clashes have not been recorded," the statement said.
There is broad concern about whether Arab League member states, with some of the world's poorest human rights records, were fit for the mission to monitor compliance with a plan to end to the crackdown on political opponents by security forces loyal to President Bashar Assad.
On Friday, activists said security forces fired on protesters in the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, the southern city of Daraa and elsewhere, killing at least five people.
Another four were reported killed in the town of Talkalakh, near the border with Lebanon, in an ambush by government troops. It was not immediately clear why they were killed as the victims were not believed to be protesting at the time, activists said.
The presence of Arab League monitors in Syria has re-energized the anti-government protest movement, with tens of thousands turning out this week in cities and neighborhoods where the observers are expected to visit.
The huge rallies have been met by lethal gunfire from security forces, apparently worried about multiple mass sit-ins modeled after Cairo's Tahrir Square.
The Local Coordination Committees, an activist coalition, said at least 130 people, including six children, have been killed in Syria since the Arab observers began their one-month mission on Tuesday.
The nearly 100 Arab League monitors are the first Syria has allowed in during the nine-month anti-government uprising. They are supposed to ensure the regime complies with terms of the League plan to end President Bashar Assad's crackdown on dissent.
The plan, which Syria agreed to on Dec. 19, demands that the government remove its security forces and heavy weapons from cities, start talks with the opposition and allow human rights workers and journalists into the country. It also calls for the release of all political prisoners.
State-run TV said observers have reached Idlib province, which borders Turkey; Homs and the Damascus suburbs of Harasta and Douma. Activists said the army had either withdrawn or hid tanks in the mountains in Idlib.
On Thursday, security forces killed at least 26 people, four of them shot dead in the Damascus suburb of Douma during a protest by tens of thousands. The crowd had gathered at the mosque near to a municipal building where cars of the monitors had been spotted outside.
Authorities apparently are worried about multiple mass sit-ins modeled after Cairo's Tahrir Square, which was the focus of protests that toppled Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in February.
The ongoing violence, and new questions about the human rights record of the head of the Arab League monitors, are reinforcing the opposition's view that Syria's limited cooperation with the observers is nothing more than a ploy by Assad's regime to buy time and forestall more international condemnation and sanctions.
Although the violence against protesters has not stopped, Rami Abdul-Raham, who heads the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the death toll would have probably been double what it is had there been no monitors on the ground.
In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland on Thursday expressed concern that violence was continuing in Syria despite the presence of the monitors.
She said the monitors were providing "some space for public expression," citing videos on YouTube of a large democracy rally in Idlib, but insisted that Assad's regime needed to do more.
"It's not only a matter of deploying the monitors," she added. "It's a matter of the Syrian government living up to its commitments to withdraw heavy weapons from the cities; to stop the violence everywhere, which clearly has not happened; to release all political prisoners."
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Friday, December 30, 2011
Verizon Resolves Third December Outage (NewsFactor)
Verizon Wireless experienced yet another data outage -- the third in less than a month -- on Wednesday. Customers reported trouble accessing Verizon Wireless' 4G network, based on LTE technology. Customers were also reporting issues with Verizon's 3G service, though Verizon consistently denied any issues with its 3G network.
Just days before Christmas, Verizon Wireless experienced widespread outages that made national headlines. And that was after an early December outage that angered customers and an April outage that got Verizon customers in a tizzy. In all, Verizon's advanced network has failed customers four times in 2011.
Verizon Wireless used Twitter to send out a message that the problem was solved early Thursday morning: "4G LTE issued resolved overnight. 3G operated normally; calling, texting were unaffected." Meanwhile, Verizon was also tweeting messages like this one on Thursday morning: "For a limited time, get 4 GB of data for just $30 mo. access w/a voice plan when you buy a 4G LTE smartphone."
The Most Reliable?
Verizon boasts about having the most reliable wireless network, but the rash of outages suggests there is a kink in the wireless carrier's armor -- and AT&T may be able to take advantage. Verizon has not offered an explanation for the outages.
Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, said the timing was bad for Verizon. People want to be able to trust their wireless phone service, he noted, and that means 24/7 service. Verizon has repeatedly let consumers down.
"Verizon is really trying to step out against AT&T. AT&T's stats are getting quite a bit better. Verizon's are getting quite a bit worse," Enderle said. "If Verizon was looking for any long-term pick up, it seems much less likely they will get it now. It's unfortunate timing because AT&T is actually strengthening, so Verizon may actually end up losing more customers to AT&T."
Ghost in the Network
After December's second outage, some consumers reported ongoing issues that have yet to be resolved. Verizon's online forums offer reports of all sorts of issues with its products -- and some customers vowing not to stay with the company.
"Since the Verizon outage a week or so ago my hotspot will not pick up 4G. this is in Washington, D.C. and Bethesda, Md., where I've never had anything less than 10 mbps. I'm now lucky to get 1.5. No amount of resetting changes it," wrote a customer using the name landsw on Verizon's online forum.
Another Verizon customer who uses the handle suspicious99 reported trouble with his computer data card service for the past few weeks that resulted in no Internet service.
"I believe the problem lies with Verizon and switching over to 4G," he wrote. "They are taking towers off line and redoing the electrical equipment, therefore a call has to go to the next tower."
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Iowa's moderate Republicans: an edge for Romney? (Reuters)
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) ? Iowa's moderate Republicans are a small and dispirited bunch, but they could provide a vital boost for Mitt Romney in the state's tight kickoff presidential contest.
While the Republican White House contenders battle for the state's big but badly split bloc of religious conservatives, Iowa's moderates are a forgotten minority who have coalesced around the candidate they consider their only choice: Romney.
But it is uncertain whether they will turn out for him at the caucus votes on January 3, when the state kicks off the Republican nominating fight. After years of retreat and neglect, Iowa's Republican moderates are unreliable caucus-goers.
"We're a dwindling group, an endangered species. A lot of moderates don't go to the caucuses anymore," said Joy Corning, a former Iowa lieutenant governor and state senator who heads a state group of moderate Republicans.
"But the moderates who I know will be there supporting Romney. They see him as more moderate than the other Bible-thumping conservatives, and he could actually win a general election," she said.
A CNN/Time poll on Wednesday showed Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, slightly ahead of rival Ron Paul, a libertarian congressman from Texas.
Conservatives are likely to split their support between Paul, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum in the caucuses vote, handing an advantage to Romney.
Romney is distrusted by many social conservatives who remember his past support for abortion rights and for a Massachusetts healthcare law that was a precursor to President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul.
But moderates are drawn by Romney's background in business, his willingness to work with Democrats in Massachusetts and polls that show he would be the party's strongest challenger to Obama.
"He's got the experience, and he's the only one who is electable and can beat President Obama," said Quinn Novak, 63, an unemployed machinist from Cedar Rapids who said he was also backing Romney because he understood what it would take to turn around the economy.
ONE IN FIVE ARE MODERATES
A recent survey of likely Iowa caucus-goers found more than seven of every 10 identified themselves as conservative and 19 percent as moderates, making them a heavily outnumbered but still substantial voting bloc.
"We definitely exist," said Des Moines City Councilwoman Christine Hensley, a self-described Republican moderate who will back Romney. "But sometimes you feel like you're kind of the step-sister."
But the less active nature of the party's moderate wing makes it harder to target them to turn out for caucuses that are often dominated by the candidates with the most enthusiastic and organized supporters.
"If centrists show up at the caucuses, Romney could win," said Maggie Tinsman, an 18-year state senator who lost a Republican primary to a more conservative challenger in 2006. "But they haven't been as engaged in recent years."
Social and religious conservatives turned out in droves to propel Baptist minister and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee to a win over Romney in the 2008 caucuses.
Six of every 10 Republican participants in Iowa that year said they were born-again or evangelical Christians
Those religious conservatives have largely taken over the state party machinery in Iowa, and led a voter drive in 2010 that removed three Supreme Court justices from the bench in a fight over gay marriage.
"Are they so disenchanted that they have decided they won't go to the caucus?" Mary Kramer, a former president of the Iowa state Senate who is backing Romney, said of moderates. "That is what worries me."
A Romney campaign official said his staff was identifying supporters in Iowa, making sure they knew where to go for the caucuses in districts throughout the state and would turn out a team of volunteers to help them get there.
SIGNS OF CHANGE
Iowa's ideological shift is similar to a decades-long turn to the right by national Republicans which has thinned the ranks of socially moderate Republicans in Congress.
But Iowa moderates see signs of change. Governor Terry Branstad, a conservative who did not campaign on social or religious themes, beat Christian leader Bob Vander Plaats in the 2010 Republican primary in what some analysts said was a sign evangelicals might be losing some of their political clout.
This year's unrelenting campaign focus on the economy and jobs might also minimize the impact of social issues. Romney has made the economy the main plank of his campaign and his standard stump speech is an attack on Obama's economic stewardship.
Finding a cure for the ailing economy tops the list of concerns for Iowans as it does nationally, and social issues slide well down the list of importance in most Iowa polls.
"Issues about reducing government spending, creating jobs - these are the things that really best reflect the mood of caucus-goers this season," said pollster Ann Selzer.
Former Iowa Governor Robert Ray, a fixture of the state's moderate Republican establishment during his time in office from 1969 to 1983, endorsed Romney earlier this month and said he hoped his nomination could unite the party's competing wings.
The inability of Iowa's religious conservatives to rally around a single candidate could depress their caucus attendance.
"Turnout among social conservatives will be much lower than 2008, and that could increase the impact of moderates who will almost certainly be Romney people," said Doug Gross, Romney's state chairman in 2008, who is unaffiliated in this cycle.
(Additional reporting by Sam Youngman; Editing by Alistair Bell and Todd Eastham)
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FSU rallies past Notre Dame in Champs Sports Bowl (AP)
ORLANDO, Fla. ? Florida State rallied from a 14-point second-half deficit and used a pair of touchdown passes by E.J. Manuel and two field goals from Dustin Hopkins to slip past Notre Dame 18-14 in the Champs Sports Bowl on Thursday night.
The victory was FSU's fourth straight bowl win. FSU receiver Rashad Greene, who caught one of Manuel's touchdown passes, was named the game's MVP.
The No. 25 Seminoles started four freshman on their offensive line and gave up five sacks, but FSU's defense picked off Notre Dame quarterbacks Tommy Rees and Andrew Hendrix three times and also piled up four sacks of its own.
Notre Dame shuffled between Rees and Hendrix throughout the game, but both struggled to get the Irish points inside the red zone.
After some stagnant offense on both sides in the first half, FSU trailed 14-0 early in the third quarter before finding some momentum through the air.
The Seminoles closed the gap to 14-9 with an 18-yard touchdown pass from Manuel to Bert Reed to open the fourth quarter, but failed on their 2-point conversion attempt.
They took the lead just 1:32 later after Nigel Bradham intercepted a Hendrix pass inside the Notre Dame 20 to set up an 18-yard touchdown catch by Greene to make it 15-14 with just over 13 minutes to play following another failed 2-point try.
The Seminoles added their second field goal of the game a series later.
Notre Dame punted on its next touch, but pinned FSU inside its own 5 and forced a quick three-and-out.
A poor punt by the Seminoles and a face mask penalty on the return gave the Irish the ball on the FSU 28 with 3:56 to play, but Rees was picked off in the end zone with 2:48 left and FSU was able to all but run out the remaining clock.
Notre Dame took a 14-0 lead on its opening drive of the second half by capping a 9-play, 62-yard drive with a 5-yard touchdown pass from Rees to Michael Floyd. Floyd fought Seminoles cornerback Greg Reid for the ball on to play, juggling it multiple times before finally getting his hands around it.
Reid stayed down on the turf after the play and left the game with concussion symptoms.
FSU bounced right back with a 77-yard kickoff return by Lamarcus Joyner, but Notre Dame's fifth sack of the night on Manuel helped force the Seminoles to settle for a 42-yard field goal by Hopkins.
Notre Dame's defense was responsible for the lone score of the first half.
The Irish forced a quick punt on FSU's opening possession of the game, and used a 41-yard return by Floyd and a series of runs by Cierre Wood to set up a first-and-goal inside the 5-yard line.
But the threat ended just a play later when Rees was picked off by Joyner in the end zone.
The Seminoles' ensuing drive lasted only one play itself, with Devonta Freeman fumbling a pass from Manuel into the hands of Notre Dame safety Zeke Motta, who then returned it 29 yards for the touchdown.
Both offenses struggled to find any traction in the opening 30 minutes.
Along with each team's turnovers, Florida State's offense gained only 104 total yards to Notre Dame's 91.
The Seminoles also failed to covert on any of their seven third-down attempts, while allowing four sacks. Notre Dame safety Jamoris Slaughter was responsible for two of them, tying a bowl record.
FSU's special teams didn't fair too much better, coming up a yard short on a fake punt run midway through second quarter.
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$3M lottery winner to give money to church
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Published: December 28, 2011
Updated: December 28, 2011 - 8:00 PM
The winner of a $3 million North Carolina lottery prize says she plans to give some of the money to her church, take a vacation and go shopping.
North Carolina lottery officials say Monica Wilson claimed the last of five top prizes in a scratch-off game.
The Kannapolis homemaker will receive $150,000 a year for 20 years. She received the first payment Wednesday of $102,006 after taxes were withheld.
Wilson bought the ticket in Charlotte on Tuesday and discovered her win while at her husband's office.
The instant game she played was the $200 Million Extravaganza. It began in October 2009. All 10 of the game's $1 million prizes also have been claimed.
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
A look at Jamaica's prime minister candidates (AP)
A look at the prime minister candidates for Jamaica's two main political parties.
ANDREW HOLNESS: The candidate of the ruling center-right Jamaica Labor Party, Holness, 39, is the youngest prime minister in Jamaica's history. The island's No. 1 politician for the past two months, he also risks being the country's shortest serving leader. Born to working class parents in the southern city of Spanish Town, Holness became a lawmaker at age 25. He became Jamaica's No. 1 politician when Bruce Golding, Jamaica's prime minister since 2007, stepped down in October amid anemic public backing. Labor Party lawmakers unanimously chose Holness as their party's leader during a seamless transition. He has described himself as both "pro-business" and "pro-people" and has said he hopes to ease Jamaica's severe poverty by creating jobs and improving access to education. He has called for a "new era of responsibility," but there are concerns that he is not providing citizens with a clear picture of the island's dire fiscal straits.
PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER: The top opposition candidate, Simpson Miller has been a stalwart of the People's National Party since the 1970s. The 66-year-old Simpson Miller was first elected to Parliament in 1976 and became a Cabinet member in 1989. She became Jamaica's first female prime minister in March 2006 after she was picked by party delegates when P.J. Patterson retired as leader. Supporters admire Simpson Miller as a Jamaican who was born in rural poverty and grew up in a Kingston ghetto, not far from the crumbling concrete jungle made famous by Bob Marley. Also referred to as "Sista P" and "Comrade Leader," she is known for her folksy style. During her brief tenure as prime minister, her support waned amid complaints she responded poorly to Hurricane Dean.
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Pets deserve happy holiday, too | Davis Enterprise
Mercer Clinic for the Pets of the Homeless is a volunteer group of UC Davis veterinary students who, together with volunteer local and UCD faculty veterinarians, offer a free clinic monthly to care for the pets of the homeless in Sacramento. The Mercer Clinic began in 1993 and is adjacent to the Sacramento Loaves and Fishes facility where food and care are provided for the homeless.
In 1995, the staff VOICE newsletter committee for the UCD Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital started the Mercer Clinic Holiday Pet Baskets tradition to brighten the holidays for these very special pets. Sadly, the need has grown significantly over the years and our goal every year is to make 130 baskets (80 for dogs and 50 for cats).
The program relies on donations from pet supply companies and from the public, to buy the pets gifts and treats. The baskets are distributed by the Mercer Clinic veterinary student volunteers to the pets of the homeless who attend the December Mercer Clinic. Donations are welcome and much needed all year-round, but this year the clinic has greater need for monetary donations than ever before.
Please help us continue this wonderful program and holiday pet basket tradition for these special pets who deserve a happy holiday, too. All donations for the Mercer Clinic or the Mercer Holiday Pet Baskets are tax-deductible.
To donate to the Holiday Pet Basket program, please make your check to UC Regents-Mercer Clinic Holiday Pet Baskets and mail to our new mailing address: UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Office of the Dean, P.O. Box 1167, Davis CA, 95617-1167 Attn: Mercer Holiday Pet Baskets.
If you would like to make a donation to the Mercer Clinic for the ongoing clinic needs, please make your check to Mercer Vet Clinic and mail it to Mercer Vet Clinic for the Pets of the Homeless, P.O. Box 297, Davis, CA, 95617. If you have any questions, please call (530) 756-5165 or email emsamitz@ucdavis.edu.
Eileen Samitz and the Mercer Clinic Holiday Pet Basket Committee
Davis
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Israel is considering the recognition of Armenian genocide
JERUSALEM (AFP) - The Israeli parliamentary panel discussed on Monday morning to recognize the Armenian genocide, a move expected to lead to the aggravation of tension in relations with Turkey.
The Knesset Education Committee to discuss the proposal as a twenty-fourth of April, which began killing Armenians of the Ottoman Empire, on the anniversary of "massacre of the Armenian people."
During the discussion on the "recognition of the Armenian genocide of the Jewish people" as defined by the Commission in a statement, he stressed jurists, historians and members of the Armenian community's commitment to Israel's moral to officially recognize the Armenian tragedy Kabadh. However, the Commission has not issued any decision or announcement and will meet again to discuss the topic in the future.
This is the first time that a similar debate was opened to the media and the people. The Knesset rejected a similar proposal in 2007, when relations between Israel and Turkey are good.
But relations have entered a major crisis last year, when Israeli forces killed nine Turks in an attack on a Turkish ship in the fleet carrying humanitarian aid on the way to the Gaza Strip in an attempt to break the Israeli naval blockade imposed on it.
Turkey expelled last October the Israeli ambassador and canceled military ties, while Israel last week canceled a contract for the sale of air monitoring equipment to Ankara dates back to 2008.
He said Alex MillerAlex Miller, Chairman of the Committee of the Party, the far-right Yisrael Beiteinu in the opening session that the discussion will focus on aspects of "educational and academic" of the subject Ktrivh appropriate to teach in schools, universities, and not a diplomatic and security aspects.
He also stressed the Knesset Speaker Rivlin Ravin that the issue is not political.
Rivlin said the Committee at the beginning of the debate that "this issue was not raised in the Knesset because something happened between Israel and Turkey, not because we want to exploit the political situation to settle accounts."
However, the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was in the discussion warned of the repercussions of any Israeli move to recognize the Armenian genocide on the already strained relations with Turkey.
And Irit Lillian "Our relationship with them very fragile today and paid for over the red line is not sound," adding that "the recognition of similar at this stage could have serious repercussions."
The MP said Arieh Eldad of the right National Union party, which put forward the bill with Rep. Zahava Gal?n of the leftist Meretz Party, "in the past was a mistake to raise issue because our relations with Turkey were good and now is wrong because the bad relations with them, when will come the right time?".
Bakhurji MK Zahava Gal?n that changes in the diplomatic arena may mean that the project could get the support of this time. Gal?n said that Israel has "a moral and historical obligation" to recognize the genocide and a half million Armenians, "especially since we are still fighting against Holocaust denial." It confirmed that "the Israeli educational system can not silence the Armenian genocide."
Georgette Avakian of the Armenian National Committee in Jerusalem, said they were satisfied with reservations on the outcome of the meeting.
Avakian said, told AFP: "There is progress in the Educational Committee has dealt with him (...) but I was disappointed they did not reach any result, and they postponed it" for further discussions.
The massacres and the displacement of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1917 led to the fall of more than 1.5 million people killed by Armenians and between 250 thousand and 500 thousand as Turkey Paris ,Ottawa and the European Parliament,accknowledged especially the Armenian genocide.
In France, the National Assembly Thursday approved a bill criminalizing the denial of any genocide, including the Armenian genocide, prompting Turkey to the suspension of political and military cooperation with Paris.
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Intel Thunderbolt may reach Windows in April with Apple help
Thunderbolt said ready to go for April
Intel's Thunderbolt for Windows PCs could arrive in April, purported insiders stated Monday night. Apple is reportedly helping Intel adopt the standard the two co-created, Digitimes heard. PC builders ASUS and Sony, as well as mainboard builders ASRock and Gigabyte, are expected to be part of the first wave.
Apple is believed to have achieved Intel's hoped-for goal of building an ecosystem of demand and accessories. The expansion would help overcome some of the trepidation over the standard, where a Thunderbolt controller chip is believed to cost over $20 where USB 3.0 is much cheaper.
Thunderbolt was developed partly at Apple's prompting to develop a very high-speed yet small cable that could also merge the display signal. Although few devices exist that use it, it has given Apple an advantage where even a MacBook Air can use a multi-disk external RAID drive as quickly as it could if it were an internal drive. USB 3.0 is less expensive but has half the effective bandwidth and isn't officially meant to drive more than data, although it can be used for video.
An April target may be a clue as to when the first Ivy Bridge chips are in the market in earnest. Intel rarely launches chipsets and their processors separately.
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1 Florida Lotto player wins $50 million jackpot
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot worth $50 million, lottery officials said Sunday.
The winning ticket was bought in Tallahassee, lottery officials said.
A total of 80 tickets matched five numbers to win $3,932; 5,184 tickets matched four numbers for $50 each; and 90,817 tickets matched three numbers for $5 each.
The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 2-11-15-19-24-26.
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London subway strike delays Boxing Day shoppers (AP)
LONDON ? London's subway drivers walked out over a pay dispute Monday, causing trouble for thousands of shoppers out to take advantage of traditional Boxing Day sales.
Transport for London warned that shoppers seeking bargains in the capital's shopping centers face "significant disruption." Several subway lines have been suspended, and limited services are operating on the rest of the network.
The ASLEF union is staging the one-day strike to demand extra pay as well as a day off for members working on the public holiday.
The London Underground ? the organization that manages the subway system ? condemned the move, saying it was pointless and demonstrated "a complete disregard for our customers." Authorities said extra buses are running in the main shopping areas to cater to the increased flow of travelers on one of the year's busiest shopping days.
Despite the disruptions, large crowds of shoppers ? some lining up from midnight ? started flooding department stores in London and other British cities as soon as doors opened early Monday.
Selfridges, one of Britain's most popular department stores, reported its biggest ever first hour of trading Monday morning.
In northwest London, the Brent Cross shopping center said that 10,000 people had piled through its doors within an hour of opening.
The ASLEF union plans to stage three more strikes in January and February if the dispute is not resolved.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
FBI joins search for missing Indiana girl
FORT WAYNE, Ind.?? The FBI on Monday joined the search for a missing 9-year-old Indiana girl and agents are scouring a mobile home park that's also a haven for registered sex offenders.
Agents descended on the mobile home park where Aliahna Lemmon lived in Fort Wayne.
Fort Wayne authorities plan to meet Monday afternoon to plan their next move after two straight days without a search for the girl, a sheriff's department spokesman said.
Aliahna went missing from a family friend's home on Friday.
About a half-dozen people in black windbreakers were at the mobile home park Monday. Several identified themselves as FBI agents.
Search dogs were seen at a nearby storage facility.
Aliahna and her sisters were staying at a family friend's nearby home because their mother had been sick with the flu and Aliahna's stepfather works at night and sleeps during the day, The Journal Gazette reported Monday.
Mike Plumadore, 39, told the newspaper Sunday that he left the three girls in his mobile home about 6 a.m. Friday and went to a gas station about a mile away to buy a cigar. Authorities have said the store's surveillance video shows him there about that time.
"I had deadbolted the door," he said. "When I got back, all the girls was here."
He said he smoked his cigar and went back to sleep, then woke up about 10 a.m. when Aliahna's mother called. After that call, he realized the door to the home was unlocked and that Aliahna was gone. He said Aliahna's sisters, both 6 years old, told him that Aliahna had left with her mom.
Plumadore said it wasn't until he talked with Aliahna's mom about 8:30 p.m. that they realized she was missing and police were notified.
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Aliahna's mother, Tarah Souders, 28, said miscommunication between the two of them caused the delay in determining that Aliahna had vanished.
"She's never wandered off," Souders said. "She's never done anything like this before."
But Aliahna does have a history of sleepwalking, even unlocking doors and going outside while sleeping, said her grandmother, Amber Story.
"I just hope that she's not suffering or in pain," Story said.
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Souders said her daughter also has vision and hearing problems and suffers from attention deficit disorder and emotional problems.
In addition, Aliahna has post-traumatic stress disorder, The Journal Gazette reported.
The family believes Aliahna may have left Plumadore's home on her own. Fifteen registered sex offenders live at the Northway mobile home park, where Plumadore's home is, according to the Allen County's Sheriff's Department website.
Plumadore has three felony convictions for battery, auto theft, and forgery.
?I?m not an angel by any means,? he told The Gazette, but added, ?I don?t hurt children. I don?t hurt animals.?
Family members also said they have never seen him hurt anyone.
There are no suspects or persons of interest in the case, including Plumadore and the registered sex offenders in the mobile home park, authorities said, according to The Gazette. Plumadore and other family members have been interviewed.
The Associated Press and msnbc.com's Elizabeth Chuck contributed to this report.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45790781/ns/us_news-life/
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Monday, December 26, 2011
Help For Families: Getting through the holidays in a military family
Q: My husband is serving in the military and I am having a hard time getting through this long holiday season without him. How can I make the season seem more festive for my children even though my mood is so somber?
"Your mood will set the tone for the holiday," says panelist Mary Lou Scarf. "You need to be aware of that. So think about it in terms of how will your children look back on this holiday. You want them to remember how mom got them through a tough time."
A: The Help for Families panel applauds you for thinking about how this is affecting your children when you are going through such a difficult time.
It may be difficult, but try to put on a cheerful face for the sake of your children, the panel says."Your mood will set the tone for the holiday," says panelist Mary Lou Scarf. "You need to be aware of that. So think about it in terms of how will your children look back on this holiday. You want them to remember how mom got them through a tough time."
Stop thinking globally and just deal with the immediate, says panelist Michael Daniels.
"Take each day at a time and focus just on what you can do that day," he says. "That way you won't get so overwhelmed."
You can involve the children in doing something each day to help them feel closer to their father, he says.
He suggests keeping a daily journal, writing down thoughts and sending regular cards to their father. Computers allow for more direct communication through e-mail and even Skype, a software that allows users to make phone calls and do video conferencing over the Internet.
You probably know other military families, the panel says.
Reach out to them and maybe form your own support group, says Scarf.
Contact the nearest military base to see what services are available for families of deployed parents. Penn State Cooperative Extension also offers the Penn State Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness, an online database where military families can access services.
Take care of yourself by getting enough rest and eating well so you have energy for your family, says panelist Bill Vogler.
"Realize you are not by yourself and there are many others in the same situation," he says.
Volunteer with a group that sends packages to the troops so your family can feel like they are supporting the military, says panelist Suzanne Mulhern.
Christmas is about giving, says Daniels. Get involved with a religious organization or community group that does something for those who are less fortunate. Volunteer at a soup kitchen or have the kids donate toys for Toys for Tots.
"Involve the children in the true meaning of Christmas," he says.
You have a unique opportunity to mentor for your children, Mulhern says.
Also talk to your children about the military and what your husband does, says Vogler.
"He does something your family can be proud of," Vogler says. "Talk about how you are all making sacrifices for a bigger cause. This is a good life lesson."
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