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Monday 31 December 2012
Israel indicts ex-minister Lieberman
FILE - In this Tuesday, April 17, 2012 file photo, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman leaves a press conference after meeting with Cyprus foreign minister Erato Kozakou Marcoullis, unseen, at Foreign house in Nicosia, Cyprus. Lieberman was formally indicted on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012 on charges of breach of trust and fraud, allegations that could hurt his political future if he is convicted. (AP Photo - Petros Karadjias)
JERUSALEM (AP) ? Israel's Justice Ministry filed its indictment against former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in a Jerusalem court on Sunday, charging him with breach of trust and fraud in a case that could further harm his political career.
Lieberman is accused of trying to advance the career of a former diplomat after the envoy relayed information to him about a criminal investigation into the former Cabinet minister's business dealings.
On Dec. 13, the Justice Ministry released a draft indictment to both Lieberman and the press. On Sunday, an amended version of that draft was filed in the Jerusalem Magistrates Court after prosecutors received testimony suggesting he was more deeply involved than previously thought in trying to promote the diplomat.
The actual charges remained unchanged.
Lieberman, who denies any wrongdoing, resigned his Cabinet post earlier this month after he was informed of the pending charges, though he remains a member of parliament. He did not appear in court on Sunday and had no comment on the indictment.
The diplomat he tried to promote, former ambassador to Belarus Zeev Ben-Aryeh, reached a plea bargain with the state in the case earlier this year.
The indictment did not address the main suspicions against Lieberman that were the focus of a years-long investigation. Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein ultimately decided that prosecutors did not have a strong enough case to charge Lieberman with illicitly receiving millions of dollars from businessmen and laundering the cash through straw companies in eastern Europe.
While he was charged with lesser offenses, Lieberman's political future could be compromised if the court that hears the case decides to convict him of a crime that carries what is known in Israeli law as "moral turpitude." Lawmakers convicted of such crimes must resign immediately from parliament, then are barred from re-entering politics for seven years.
Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu party is running on a joint list with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud in the Jan. 22 election, and he is expected to be re-elected to parliament. Political commentators had viewed the hookup as grooming him to become a future prime minister. Lieberman takes a hard line on concessions to the Palestinians and perceives Israel's large Arab minority as a threat to the Jewish state.
In other political news, Israel's Supreme Court unanimously rejected an election committee's attempt to disqualify an Arab lawmaker from running for parliament again next month because she took part in a flotilla that tried to breach Israel's naval blockade of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.
The lawmaker, Hanin Zoabi, enraged many Israelis in 2010 by joining the Turkish-led Mavi Marmara flotilla, which was stormed by Israeli naval commandos who clashed with pro-Palestinian activists, killing nine. The Israeli military says the soldiers acted in self-defense after being attacked on the deck.
Zoabi was nearly assaulted in parliament by another lawmaker and subsequently was stripped of some of her parliamentary privileges.
Earlier this month, an Israeli elections committee voted to disqualify her from running in next month's election. She appealed that decision to the Supreme Court, which overturned it, as it has rejected the committee's attempts in previous years to bar other Arab candidates from running.
"I welcome the ruling," Zoabi said. "I hope this ruling will put an end to the political witchhunt."
Lawmaker Danny Danon, who collected thousands of signatures demanding that Zoabi's candidacy be disqualified, accused the court of "backing the Marmara terrorist rather than naval commando fighters."
The court said in its ruling that it would release its reason for overturning the decision at a later date. Under Israel's election law, the court had to issue its ruling by Sunday.
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ALCC Community Success Academy
This afterschool initiative seeks to improve middle and high school students' basic study, test preparation, and critical thinking skills; literacy; and understanding of basic math concepts. The program will provide tutoring and mentoring for students and tutoring for parents to enable them to assist their children with homework assignments.?
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RG3 leads Redskins into playoffs
Running back gains 200 yards and scores 3 TDs to beat Dallas for NFC East title
updated 11:28 p.m. ET Dec. 30, 2012
LANDOVER, Md. - "R-G-3!" was all Redskins fans needed to chant when they wanted to express their love for Robert Griffin III. For the lesser-known rookie, they opted for his whole name: "Alf-red Mor-ris!"
It's a new generation that has Washington atop the NFC East for the first time this millennium. There's Griffin - the vocal leader, the first-round draft pick, the Heisman Trophy winner, the team captain. And there's Morris - the out-of-nowhere sixth-rounder from Florida Atlantic who merely ran for 200 yards and three touchdowns in the division-clincher and broke the franchise single-season rushing record.
"These," cornerback DeAngelo Hall said, "aren't ordinary rookies."
The Redskins claimed their first division title since 1999, beating the archrival Dallas Cowboys 28-18 Sunday night in a winner-take-all finale to end the NFL's regular season.
"I was 9 years old in 1999," said Griffin, sporting a black baseball cap commemorating the title. "So I stand before you at 22, and the Redskins are the NFC East champions. To me, talking to Alfred after the game, it's the first time the Redskins have been champs since `99 and we came in and we did it in one year. The sky's the limit for this team."
Griffin, gradually regaining his explosiveness after spraining his right knee four weeks ago, ran for 63 yards and a touchdown for the Redskins (10-6), who finished with seven straight wins after their bye week. They became the first NFL team to rally from 3-6 and make the playoffs since the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1996.
With the running game working so well, Griffin didn't have to throw much. He completed nine of 18 passes for 100 yards.
Washington will host Seattle next Sunday, the Redskins' third consecutive playoff game against the Seahawks. They lost at Seattle as a wild-card team in the 2005 and 2007 seasons.
"I've been here for the 4-12, the bad times, almost being the joke of the NFL," veteran defensive lineman Kedric Golston said. "But to do this with this group of guys - the old and the new - it's good to be here."
Certainly, Sunday night was mostly about the new. Morris had touchdown runs of 1, 17 and 32 yards and was so dominant that the Cowboys - missing their five best run defenders due to injuries - fell hook, line and sinker nearly every time the Redskins faked the ball to him. He finished with 1,613 yards for the year, topping Clinton Portis' 1,516 in 2005.
"I'll tell you what: Alfred Morris became a star tonight," Redskins tight end Chris Cooley said. "He deserved it. He's a phenomenal football player."
To which Morris answered: "I'm never a star. I'll never be a star. Other people might think I'm a star, but I'm just Alfred."
He won't have much choice if he keeps this up. On the Redskins' go-ahead drive in the third quarter, six plays were runs by Morris and the other three involved fakes to him. The touchdown came when Griffin faked to Morris - one of several times linebacker DeMarcus Ware was totally fooled by deception in the backfield - and ran 10 yards around left end to put Washington ahead 14-7.
The Cowboys (8-8), meanwhile, will miss the playoffs for the third straight season, having stumbled in a make-or-break end-of-regular-season game for the third time in five years.
Tony Romo threw three interceptions - matching his total from the last eight games combined. A poor throw was picked by Rob Jackson when the Cowboys had a chance to drive for a winning score in the final minutes.
"I feel as though I let our team down," Romo said.
Romo completed 20 of 31 passes for 218 yards, and his career is now further tainted by post-Christmas disappointments, including Week 17 losses to the Philadelphia Eagles (44-6) in 2008 and the New York Giants (31-14) last year. He's also 1-3 in playoff games."Your legacy will be written when you're done playing the game," Romo said. "And when it's over with, you'll look back. ... It's disappointing not being able to get over that hump."
The Cowboys played catch-up after Morris' 32-yard scamper gave the Redskins a 21-10 cushion with 10:32 to play, pulling within three on a 10-yard pass to Kevin Ogletree and a 2-point conversion with 5:50 left. But Morris' third touchdown sealed the win with 1:09 remaining.
The Cowboys also dealt with in-game injuries to receivers Miles Austin (left ankle), Dez Bryant (back) and Dwayne Harris (lower leg). Bryant, who had a torrid second half of the season despite breaking his left index finger, had four catches for 71 yards.
Washington's slow start this season prompted coach Mike Shanahan to dismiss playoff hopes and declare the remaining seven games would determine which players would be on his team "for years to come."
Griffin and his teammates had other plans, and the coach quickly changed his tune. Now the Redskins will be playing in January.
"All odds were against us," Morris said. "But we believed in each other."
Notes: Griffin set two more NFL rookie records. His 102.4 passer rating topped Ben Roethlisberger's 98.1 in 2004, and his 1.3 percentage of passes intercepted is better than Charlie Batch's 1.98 in 1998. Griffin had already set the league mark for rushing yards by a rookie QB (815). ... The Redskins also set a franchise record for fewest turnovers in a season with 14, fewer even than the 1982 team that played only nine regular-season games because of a players strike.
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Apps and updates worth downloading: Facebook Poke and Flipboard for the holidays
The last big rush to the app markets before the holidays brings some must-haves for surviving this time of year. YouTube Capture and Facebook Poke make media sharing easy, Rise Alarm Clock will get you up on time, and Pudding Monster will entertain you during dull moments.
It?s the last weekend of the year, meaning it?s best you rest up as much as possible for the madness that is about to ensue over New Year?s eve. Before you head to all your parties with friends, family, and co-workers, make sure to fill up your phone with all of the newest and best apps available. Best case scenario: they will serve as a talking point to fill in during those awkward lulls. Worst case scenario: you play with them with your head down as you avoid conversation with uncomfortable?acquaintances?and odd relatives. Here are the best apps and updates worth downloading for the last two weeks in 2012.
Updates
Tumblr (iOS, Android)
No longer just for phone users, Tumblr?s latest update brings an expansion to the tablet. The popular blogging platform brings it?s?love of .gifs and memes to both the iPad and the Android tablet family. To make?infectious?spreading of content even easier on the go, Tumblr also now features an Explore tab and markdown support. But you don?t care about any of that. You need to keep your friends updated with your ?Moustaches on things that don?t need moustaches? blog.
Evernote Food (iOS)
The iPad gets to add another app to it?s?repertoire?thanks to Evernote Food getting optimized for the tablet. This will make pictures of your favorite recipes and best culinary creations even bigger and more tempting. The app also features a new design that encourages you to turn to it for all your food-related needs. Save recipes, build your own cookbook, and check out?restaurants?and their offerings, for ideas for your next night out. Evernote Food really serves one purpose: Make you hungry.
Wunderlist (iOS, Android)
One of the better apps for staying on track in the past, Wunderlist has been rebuilt from the ground up to look better and work smarter. While it was a great option before, it?s now making a case for itself as one of the best to-do apps around.?Reoccurring?tasks make their first appearance in the update, as does a new collaborative list function that will keep groups of people on task at all times. Email reminders and push notifications are available to make sure you never miss a deadline or forget what you?re doing.
Flipboard (Android)
Flipboard keeps getting bigger. We?re not just talking user base ? it?s now available on Android tablets. The favorite option for social readers makes it debut on the bigger screen with a bang. A gorgeous looking layout that puts content in a virtual magazine, you?ll be flipping pages for quite some time before you lift your head up from the screen. It features everything you?d expect from Flipboard, just a bit bigger. Bigger may not always better, but in this case it definitely isn?t hurting.
New Apps
Rise Alarm Clock (iOS)
Need to make sure you?re awake as early as possible on Christmas day to open presents from Santa? Rise is probably your best bet. A new alarm clock option for iOS, Rise is simple, easy, and elegant. Fall asleep to an iTunes playlist and wake up to a custom melody or tone. You can also modify your snooze options and alarm volume so your routine can be tweaked for your needs. A simple app that fills a basic need and does it well.
Facebook Poke (iOS)
Facebook Poke totally has nothing to do with the popularity of SnapChat, though it does essentially the same thing as it. Recreating the once-iconic Poke option on Facebook with a new multimedia catch, Facebook Poke allows users to get in touch with friends by sending them a quick message, photo, or video with an expiration date. Location data will let them know exactly where you?re sending it from. If your friend takes a screenshot to keep it longer, you?ll be told about it.
YouTube Capture (iOS)
The perfect app for holiday happenings, YouTube Capture simplifies the YouTube upload process. Easily record with the tap of a button, then make some quick edits like color correction and image?stabilization. You can also add music tracks to the video with a couple quick taps, making this app a great option for quick and easy video sharing. Pass around your film to family that couldn?t be there or send it out to the public as a cry for help. Depends on how well you get along with your family.
Beanstalk (Android)
Keeping your files on multiple cloud storage options because you can?t fit it all in one? Beanstalk will stretch across the platforms and give you a unified cloud experience. Allowing you to log in to Dropbox, Box.net, and Microsoft Skydrive in a single app, Beanstalk gives you control over the files in all of them. Move your information to and from different storage locations and keep track of all your data no matter what cloud it calls home.
New Games
Penny Arcade The Game: Gamers vs. Evil (iOS)
No one knows gamers quick like Penny Arcade. The company branched out to card games, creating a unique universe and adventure that takes place on the flimsy but familiar game piece. Not content with the physical offering, the game is now also available to play digitally on your iOS devices. Build decks based on your favorite Penny Arcade characters and use their abilities to master your opponents, be they computer or human controlled.
Pudding Monsters (iOS, Android)
The makers of Cut the Rope created a new franchise, and we won?t be surprised if it?s just as successful as the first. Capitalizing on the cuteness factor that made Om Nom in Cut the Rope so popular, Pudding Monsters brings a whole cast of bouncing blobs of dessert to the table. It?s up to players to bring these piles of pudding together to create ? what else? ? a pudding monster. A sliding puzzle style game with people of appeal that you?d expect from the makers of a hit game, Pudding Monsters? gameplay is just as delicious as its main character.
Source: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/apps-and-updates-worth-downloading-december-30-2012/
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You?re probably aware of the advantages and the possibilities involved in cosmetic surgery. You might have a favorite entertainment personality who is already familiar with plastic surgery. However, the situation may be different when you are the patient. You need to consider some important questions, and this article will help you do so.
Take the time to ask about your recovery time and post surgery needs. You may need to recuperate for some time before resuming your regular routine with some procedures. It?s vitally important that you get enough time to heal, so you should have a good idea of just how long your recuperation will take.
Surgery should be your last resort after trying other solutions. Many factors contribute to your overall appearance that will be unaffected by your surgery, so you must think about important long term lifestyle changes. Look to your eating habits and mood for possible issues to confront, before going under the knife.
Cosmetic procedures can be quite costly, and may also require you to miss work. For these 2 reasons, it?s recommended that you have a small amount of money saved for the expenses that come up from the procedure, as well as the expenses that come after the operation. This will help prevent stress and keep you focused on successfully recovering from your surgery.
You should be prepared for the pain and the scarring that accompanies cosmetic surgery procedures. A lot of people aren?t aware of the painful effects associated with cosmetic surgical procedures. You?ll heal faster if you are mentally ready for the pain you will feel in recovery.
Any cosmetic surgeon should have a good insurance policy for malpractice. This can have a huge impact on you if your procedure develops complications; a proper insurance policy will protect you from unfair out-of-pocket expenses. If your surgeon is not insured, you will want to look for alternative doctors.
It is essential that if you plan to have plastic surgery, you also know what to expect during your recovery. You must do exactly as the doctor says during this time to ensure proper healing and optimum results. The initial two weeks of recovery are the ones which impact results the greatest.
Your life could forever change when you decide to alter your appearance. Be sure to carefully consider your decisions before moving ahead. Using the information and strategies you?ve gathered here, you will surely be equipped to reach your goal.
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World Junior Championship: Fans make long trek to support Team Canada [Photos]
Canada's goalie Malcolm Subban lays on the ice after making a save as Team USA's Nathan MacKinnon (L) skates by during the first period of their preliminary round game during the 2013 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, December 30, 2012. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Canada's Ryan Strome celebrates his goal against Team USA during the first period of their preliminary round game during the 2013 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, December 30, 2012. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Canada's goalie Malcolm Subban (30) guards the net with teammates Xavier Ouellet (16) and Mark McNeill (24) as Team USA's Sean Kuraly (7) and Riley Barber (16) go for the puck during the second period of their preliminary round game at the 2013 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, December 30, 2012. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Canada's Ryan Murphy collides with Team USA's Blake Pietila (R) during the first period of their preliminary round game during the 2013 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, December 30, 2012. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Canada's players celebrate defeating Team USA during their preliminary round game at the 2013 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, December 30, 2012. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Canada's goalie Malcolm Subban celebrates with teammate Phillip Danault (R) after they defeated Team USA in their preliminary round game during the 2013 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, December 30, 2012. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Canada's Ryan Nugent-Hopkins celebrates his goal with Xavier Ouellet (16) against Team USA during the first period of their preliminary round game during the 2013 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, December 30, 2012. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Canada's goalie Malcolm Subban makes a against Team USA during the third period of their preliminary round game at the 2013 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, December 30, 2012. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Canada's players celebrate defeating Team USA during their preliminary round game at the 2013 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, December 30, 2012. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Canada's goalie Malcolm Subban falls on the ice in play against Team USA during the third period of their preliminary round game at the 2013 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, December 30, 2012. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Canada's Ryan Strome (L) celebrates his goal against Team USA's goalie John Gibson during the first period of their preliminary round game at the 2013 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, December 30, 2012. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Canada's goalie Malcolm Subban stretches before his team plays Team USA in their preliminary round game during the 2013 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, December 30, 2012. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
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Kathy MacKinnon couldn't believe her eyes the other day.
The mother of Canada forward Nathan MacKinnon stood and watched in amazement as a bus pulled up to her hotel and unloaded another group of hockey fans from Canada.
"I was in pure shock," MacKinnon said. "It was overwhelming to see that many Canadians coming to this event, and they don't have a son playing. Incredible. Proud to be a Canadian. You introduce yourself and you want to connect with these people because you have the love of hockey in common."
Approximately 200 Canadians have trekked to this city of 1,000,000 that's 1,100 kilometres east of Moscow.
John and Rita Carroll run Destiny Tours out of Guelph, Ont., and this is the company's 10th trip to the world junior. No less than 106 fans travelled to the tournament with Destiny for packages starting at $5,300 and ranging to $7,200, depending on their city of departure. Thanks to geography, travel time from Canada was a minimum 22 hours.
Simon Mason-Wood, 68, is at the world junior from Dawson City, Yukon. He was wearing a black replica Dawson City Nuggets sweater as he sat in the stands and watched Canada beat the United States 2-1 Sunday.
In the concourse before the game, Russians stopped by to have their pictures taken with the Canadians, every one of whom was dressed in red and white.
"It has been a great experience," Mason-Wood. "The Russian people have been great. We have met some wonderful people. I like hockey, but I came along for the Russian experience as well."
Nearby was 65-year-old Alec Wallace of Toronto. He figured this is the 15th time he has followed Canada to an international hockey event. His first was the 1972 Summit Series.
"It's a lot of fun," Wallace said. "We're treated like royalty here and kids come up and want our autograph. I've been booked on this trip for two years.
"I just enjoy watching good hockey, especially this year when we don't have (NHL) hockey. My Leafs tickets are collecting dust."
Andy Rielly, the father of Leafs prospect and Canada defenceman Morgan Rielly, was as impressed as Kathy MacKinnon. Seven Canadian players have family members at the tournament.
"The people who have come here are cheering for Canada as much as we are, even though they are our sons," Rielly said. "Everyone is having fun, everyone is looking after each other. It really feels good."
And you can be sure the players have taken note. Those family members who are in attendance will have a party with the team after the New Year's Eve game versus Russia.
"With the fans in the crowd, we don't need any motivation," defenceman Ryan Murphy said. "Anyone who travels that far, it's amazing."
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Rita Levi Montalcini, who won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1986 for her discovery of nerve growth factor, the first substance known to regulate the growth of cells, in a Feb. 23, 2007, file photo.
By Associated Press
ROME -- Rita Levi-Montalcini, a biologist who conducted underground research during World War II in defiance of Fascist persecution and went on to win a Nobel Prize for helping unlock the mysteries of the cell, died at her home on Sunday. She was 103 and had worked well into her final years.
Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno, announcing her death in a statement, called it a great loss "for all of humanity." He praised her as someone who represented "civic conscience, culture and the spirit of research of our time."
Italy's so-called "Lady of the Cells," a Jew who lived through anti-Semitic discrimination and the Nazi invasion, became one of her country's leading scientists and shared the Nobel medicine prize in 1986 with American biochemist Stanley Cohen for their groundbreaking research carried out in the United States. The research increased the understanding of many conditions, including tumors, developmental malformations, and senile dementia.
Italy honored Levi-Montalcini in 2001 by making her a senator-for-life.
A petite woman with upswept white hair, she kept an intensive work schedule well into old age. "At 100, I have a mind that is superior ? thanks to experience ? than when I was 20," she said in 2009.
"A beacon of life is extinguished" with her death, said a niece, Piera Levi-Montalcini, who is a city councilwoman in Turin. The ANSA news agency quoted her as saying her aunt didn't suffer.
Levi-Montalcini was born April 22, 1909, to a Jewish family in the northern city of Turin. At age 20 she overcame her father's objections that women should not study and obtained a degree in medicine and surgery from Turin University in 1936.
She studied under top anatomist Giuseppe Levi, whom she often credited for her own success and for that of two fellow students and close friends, Salvador Luria and Renato Dulbecco, who also became Nobel Prize winners. Levi and Levi-Montalcini were not related.
After graduating, Levi-Montalcini began working as a research assistant in neurobiology but lost her job in 1938 when Italy's Fascist regime passed laws barring Jews from universities and major professions.
Her family decided to stay in Italy and, as World War II neared, Levi-Montalcini created a makeshift lab in her bedroom where she began studying the development of chicken embryos, which would later lead to her major discovery of mechanisms that regulate growth of cells and organs.
With eggs becoming a rarity due to the war, the young scientist biked around the countryside to buy them from farmers. She was soon joined in her secret research by Levi, her university mentor, who was also Jewish and who became her assistant.
"She worked in primitive conditions," Italian astrophysicist Margherita Hack told Sky TG24 TV in a tribute to her fellow scientist. "She is really someone to be admired."
The 1943 German invasion of Italy forced the Levi-Montalcini family to flee to Florence and live underground. After the Allies liberated the city, she worked as a doctor at a center for refugees.
In 1947 Levi-Montalcini was invited to the United States, where she remained for more than 20 years, which she called "the happiest and most productive" period of her life. She held dual Italian-U.S. citizenship.
During her research at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, she discovered nerve growth factor, the first substance known to regulate the growth of cells. She showed that when tumors from mice were transplanted to chicken embryos they induced rapid growth of the embryonic nervous system. She concluded that the tumor released a nerve growth-promoting factor that affected certain types of cells.
The research increased the understanding of many conditions, including tumors, developmental malformations, and senile dementia. It also led to the discovery by Cohen of another substance, epidermal growth factor, which stimulates the proliferation of epithelial cells.
Another Italian scientist, who worked for some 40 years with Levi-Montalcini, including in the United States, said the work the Nobel laureate did on nerve growth factor was continuing.
"Over the years, this field of investigation has become ever more important in the world of neuroscience," Pietro Calissano was quoted by ANSA as saying. "? We are working on a possible application in the treatment of Alzheimer's."
Levi-Montalcini returned to Italy to become the director of the laboratory of cell biology of the National Council of Scientific Research in Rome in 1969.
After retiring in the late 1970s, she continued to work as a guest professor and wrote several books to popularize science. She created the Levi-Montalcini Foundation to grant scholarships and promote educational programs worldwide, particularly for women in Africa.
She also became active in Parliament, especially between 2006 and 2008, when she and other life senators would cast their votes to back the thin majority of center-left Premier Romano Prodi.
Levi-Montalcini had no children and never married, fearing such ties would undercut her independence.
"I never had any hesitation or regrets in this sense," she said in a 2006 interview. "My life has been enriched by excellent human relations, work and interests. I have never felt lonely."
There was no immediate announcement of funeral or memorial services.
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Saturday 29 December 2012
Senate leaders work to avoid New Year's "fiscal cliff"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and U.S. congressional leaders agreed on Friday to make a final effort to prevent the United States from going over the "fiscal cliff," setting off intense bargaining over Americans' tax rates as a New Year's Eve deadline looms.
With only days left to avoid steep tax hikes and spending cuts that could cause a recession, two Senate veterans will try to forge a deal that has eluded the White House and Congress for months.
Obama said he was "modestly optimistic" an agreement could be found. But neither side appeared to give much ground at a White House meeting of congressional leaders on Friday.
What they did agree on was to task Harry Reid, the Democratic Senate majority leader, and Mitch McConnell, who heads the chamber's Republican minority, with reaching a budget agreement by Sunday at the latest.
"The hour for immediate action is here. It is now. We're now at the point where in just four days, every American's tax rates are scheduled to go up by law. Every American's paycheck will get considerably smaller. And that would be the wrong thing to do," Obama told reporters.
A total of $600 billion in tax hikes and automatic cuts to government spending will start kicking in on Tuesday - New Year's Day - if politicians cannot reach a deal. Economists fear the measures will push the U.S. economy into a recession.
Pessimism about the fiscal cliff helped push U.S. stocks down on Friday for a fifth straight day. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 158.20 points, or 1.21 percent. Retailers are blaming worries about the "fiscal cliff" for lackluster Christmas season shopping.
Under the plan hashed out on Friday, any agreement between McConnell and Reid would be backed by the Senate and then approved in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives before the end of the year.
But the House could well be the graveyard of any accord.
A core of fiscal conservatives there strongly opposes Obama's efforts to raise taxes for the wealthiest as part of a plan to close America's budget deficit. House Republicans also want to see Obama commit to major spending cuts.
Talks between Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner collapsed last week when several dozen Republicans defied their leader and rejected a plan to raise rates for those earning $1 million and above.
A Democratic aide said Boehner stuck mainly to "talking points" in Friday's White House meeting, with the message that the House had acted on the budget and it was now time for the Senate to move.
TALKS ON 'BIG NUMBERS'
The two Senate leaders and their aides will plunge into talks on Saturday that will focus mainly on the threshold for raising income taxes on households with upper-level earnings, a Democratic aide said. Analysts say both sides could agree on raising taxes for households earning more than $400,000 or $500,000 a year.
The pair will also discuss whether the estate tax should be kept at current low levels or allowed to rise, the aide said.
Democrat Reid warned of tough talks.
"It's not easy, we're dealing with big numbers, and some of that stuff we do is somewhat complicated," he said.
McConnell described Friday's White House summit, also attended by Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, as "a good meeting."
"So we'll be working hard to try to see if we can get there in the next 24 hours. So I'm hopeful and optimistic," he said.
If things cannot be worked out between the Senate leaders, Obama said he wanted both chambers in Congress to vote on a backup plan that would increase taxes only for households with more than $250,000 of annual income.
The plan would also extend unemployment insurance for about 2 million Americans and set up a framework for a larger deficit reduction deal next year.
There are signs in the options market that investor fear is taking hold. The CBOE Volatility Index, or the VIX, the market's favored anxiety indicator, has remained at relatively low levels throughout this process, but it moved on Friday above 22, the highest level since June.
But some in the market were resigned to Washington going beyond the New Year's Day deadline, as long as a serious agreement on deficit reduction comes out of the talks in early January.
"Regardless of whether the government resolves the issues now, any deal can easily be retroactive. We're not as concerned with January 1 as the market seems to be," said Richard Weiss, a senior money manager at American Century Investments.
Another component of the "fiscal cliff" - $109 billion in automatic spending cuts to military and domestic programs - is set to kick in on Wednesday.
S&P rating agency said on Friday the fiscal cliff impasse did not affect the U.S. sovereign rating.
That lifted the immediate threat of a downgrade from the agency, which cut the United States' triple-A rating in August, 2011 in an unprecedented move after a similar partisan budget fight.
(Additional reporting by David Lawder, Thomas Ferraro, Rachelle Younglai and Mark Felsenthal; Writing by Alistair Bell; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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Samsung faces some tough remedies in its ITC patent battle with Apple
On October 24th, ITC Judge Thomas Pender ruled that Samsung infringed on several Apple patents. But it wasn't until the release of? the full-length version of Pender's ruling on Friday, that it became apparent how damaging the decision could be to Samsung's U.S. business. If the ITC goes along and affirms Judge Pender's ruling, which the staff agrees with, Samsung could find some of its devices banned during a 60 day Presidential review period that would follow a final ITC decision. Pender's decision must be voted on by the six-member commission.
Samsung also could face at the same time, a cease and desist order that would prevent the company from selling large quantities of infringing products in the U.S. At the same time, Samsung could be required to post a bond equal to 88% of? the value of all mobile phones, 32.5% of the value of mobile players and 37.6% of the value of all tablets that were ruled to have infringed on Apple's patents, during the Presidential review period. Samsung argued that a royalty rate of 4.9% was more appropriate.
Thankfully for Samsung, Judge Pender did approve design changes made by the Korean manufacturer that worksaround the claims made by Apple. These designarounds allow Samsung to continue to sell certain products in the U.S. even in the face of the October decision. And one of the patents involved in this case, the so-called "Steve Jobs" patent, has been ruled invalid by the USPTO. Despite the designarounds, Samsung could still be required to post a bond on the devices that no longer infringe on Apple's patents. Even worse, customs could still hold up shipments of these products until the agency is 100% sure that an exclusion order doesn't apply to the re-designed devices.These are just some of the remedies that could be used against Samsung. The commission still needs to vote on Pender's ruling, and the designarounds seem to mean that it is still business as usual in the states for Samsung, at least for now.
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Money Talking: Trends in Philanthropic Giving - WNYC
Philanthropic giving tends to peak in December as big and small donors alike squeeze their donations in before the end-of-year tax deadline.?
This week, WNYC's Money Talking takes a look at trends in philanthropy with regular contributor Rana Foroohar of Time magazine and Susan Wolf Ditkoff, a partner at The Bridgespan Group, a firm that advises nonprofits, organizations and philanthropists.?
They examine what happens when business metrics are applied to the nonprofit world and whether charities are influenced by big donors.?
Foroohar and Wolf Ditkoff also weigh in on what happens if the charitable deduction is capped or eliminated as lawmakers hammer out a deal on the fiscal cliff.
Plus, with just a few days left before the new year, Money Talking examines what individuals looking to donate $1, $100 or $1000 should think about as they make their last minute gifts.?
Source: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/moneytalking/2012/dec/28/
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Podcastomatic Turns Blogs Into Podcasts
Finding the time to read everything you want to online is tough. Podcastomatic is a webapp that makes it a little easier by converting your favorite blogs into podcasts.
Podcastomatic uses standard text-to-speech software, so don't expect a beautiful voice to fill your ears with your favorite blogs. That said, it works well and it's a fast process. Simply type in the URL of the blog you want converted, and Pocastomatic automatically creates audio files for each blog entry. You can then subscribe to the RSS feed for the podcast in iTunes, or download each entry separately.
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Funny Photoshop Fails Of 2012 (PHOTOS)
Photoshop can work wonders. It can remove blemishes, nip in waists, get rid of red-eye and just about everything in between. Although we have come to expect that most images we see on the Internet and in magazines are given the Photoshop treatment, it is always jarring when photo retouching goes wrong.
Whether one breast was remarkably bigger than the other, elbows and feet were missing entirely or waist-whittling went completely awry, this year we've seen some pretty insane Photoshop flops.
Click through the slideshow below for the funniest Photoshop fails of 2012:
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Guns flood into buyback programs across US
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LAPD officer checks an assault weapon received during a gun buyback in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
By Isolde Raftery, NBC News
In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings, cities and police departments across the country organized events to buy back guns, hoping, they say, that fewer firearms on the street translates to fewer shooting deaths.
In Los Angeles, a gun buyback scheduled for May was pushed up to Wednesday because, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told Marketplace.org, ?People said, ?I don?t want to wait on the Congress. I?m tired of the endless debates about responsible gun control legislation. I want to do my part.??
That buyback in the Van Nuys district brought in 2,037 guns, including 75 assault-style weapons, NBCLosAngeles.com reported.
Gun buybacks are proving so popular that U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-Va., and Ted Deutch, D-Fla., have asked Congress to set aside $200 million for gun buyback programs, saying that amount could remove ?one million guns from our streets.?
But critics say buybacks are a fruitless exercise ? more political theater than effective policy.?
?It?s like trying to drain the Pacific with a bucket,? Alex Tabarrock of the conservative Independent Institute told USA Today in 2008. There are an estimated 310 million guns in the U.S.?-- about one for every U.S. resident.
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A 2004 report released by the National Academies of Sciences called the premise for gun buyback programs ?flawed.?
?The guns typically surrendered in gun buy-backs are those that are least likely to be used in criminal activities,? the report says. ?Old, malfunctioning guns whose resale value is less than the reward offered in buy-back programs or guns owned by individuals who derive little value from the possession of guns (e.g. those who have inherited guns).?
Such criticism hasn't stopped police departments, which have hosted gun buybacks for years, encouraging residents to turn in their firearms ? no questions asked ? for cash or gift cards, usually $50 to $250. Some police departments offer a sliding scale, giving more money for semi-automatic firearms, which were used in the ambush on firefighters in Webster, N.Y., last week, the Newtown shootings two weeks ago, at the Sikh temple attack in Oak Creek, Wis., in August and in the theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., in July.
Among those turning in their guns in events this month were parents and grandparents who told reporters they worried about having weapons around.
A grandmother in Brooklyn attended a gun buyback the day after the Connecticut school shooting on Dec. 14?and told gothamist.com that fatal shooting of 20 children -- most of them 6 years old -- moved her to hand in her gun.
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?It should inspire everyone,? she said. ?We?ve got to protect our children. I couldn?t wait for today to come so I could get rid of it. The shooting yesterday was an eye-opener. It was bone-chilling.?
In Camden County, N.J., police heard from residents who wanted to turn in their weapons in light of the Newtown shootings. The buyback there retrieved more than 1,100 weapons, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
That buyback was so successful that officials handed out all of the $110,000 in forfeited money that the Attorney General's Office had provided. They gave $39,000 in IOUs that they will honor with future forfeited money. Nearly all of the guns were operable, according to the Inquirer.
In Ithaca, N.Y., the Police Department announced plans for a gun buyback to ?remove unwanted guns from our community before they fall into the hands of those that may do harm.?
In southern Florida, an Uzi submachine gun ?like the one used by Scarface? was turned in to a buyback sponsored last weekend by the Opa-locka Police Department, the Miami Herald reported.
Two Uzi-style guns turned up at a buyback Friday in San Diego that was sponsored by African-American ministers. That buyback retrieved 360 weapons before 10 a.m., according to The Atlantic.
Bill Stowers, 59, told the Los Angeles Times he attended the San Diego gun buyback because he worried that his 12-gauge shotgun might fall into the wrong hands given the break-ins in his neighborhood.?
"I don't need this shotgun sitting around," Stowers said. He received a $50 gift card.
Reps. Connolly and Deutch, who proposed that $200 million be set aside for gun buybacks, say the gun buybacks would be a start, not a cure-all, to gun violence. In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, they wrote:
The murder of 20 youngsters and six educators in their classrooms has galvanized the public?s desire for immediate action, and partnering with the States on a nationwide gun buyback program is a modest, common-sense start.
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Green steel inventor wins innovation award | Eco News ...
Leading Australian researcher Professor Veena Sahajwalla has won the $30,000 top prize in the Innovation Challenge awards run by The Australian newspaper.
A passionate recycler, she was honoured for her patented ?green steel? process, in which old rubber tyres and plastic are used to replace some of the coke in the electric arc furnaces that generate power for the production of steel.
The revolutionary approach has been commercialised locally and overseas by Australia?s largest manufacturer of long steel products, OneSteel.
As a result it has already prevented more than a million tyres from ending up in landfill and helped reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
Scientia Professor Sahajwalla is director of the University of New South Wales Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology.
Her interest in mining the mountains of rubbish and waste materials produced by modern society and re-using them in industrial processes or to create new goods was sparked early in life.
?As a child growing up in India I walked to school past huge waste dumps picked over by desperately poor communities,? she said.
?I always wanted to turn that waste into something we could absorb back into industrial production.?
The Australian, a News Limited publication, reported that the innovation competition attracted hundreds of entries, including a folding flat-pack house; a DNA test that would help breed horns out of beef cattle; a wave energy converter; a computer program that allows students to conduct laboratory experiments on the internet; and do-it-yourself hearing aids.
Professor Sahajwalla won the $5000 prize in the Manufacturing and Hi-tech Design category of the competition as well as the overall $25,000 prize.
She is Associate Dean Strategic Industry Relations of the UNSW Faculty of Science and is one of Australia?s best-known engineers and scientists, having been a judge on the ABC TV program The New Inventors.
She has received many awards including the 2011 National Nokia Business Innovation Award at the Telstra Business Women?s Awards and the Banksia Environmental Foundation?s 2012 GE Eco Innovation Award for Individual Excellence.
In May she was appointed as a commissioner on the Australian government?s Climate Commission.
Source: http://econews.com.au/news-to-sustain-our-world/green-steel-inventor-wins-innovation-award/
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Great home improvement projects
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A recent study has shown that more and more women are beginning to take on home improvement projects that typically belonged to the man in the home. The Washington Post recently revealed that women are beginning to outshine men in this typically male-dominated area as women become more economically independent and start fixing things around the hose for themselves. Economically independent women are making more money now than they ever have, and because of that there are twice as many single female homeowners than men. Additionally, the number of women who DIY has increased due to the recession.
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There are tons of power tools that are now being manufactured and marketed directly to women, so this may not be surprising to some. The single women that own homes don?t have a man to rely on to get the job done, so they are taking to addressing home repairs themselves rather than spending money on someone to come fix their issue for them. Additionally, many women believe some of the smaller repairs should be easy for women to do on their own so they don?t have to wait for their husband to get home and fix it. However, it?s not just small repairs ? some women are even taking on bigger projects like repairing roof issues. It is believed that this trend will continue, putting women in the forefront of another typically male-dominated activity.
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A Detailed Look at Automotive Technology | Dokisoft ? Software ...
If you have no idea what is automotive technology, it is the field of study that focuses on repairing, maintaining, inspecting and building trucks and cars that rely on gasoline, electricity, diesel engines and alternative substances like fuel or ethanol for power.
Importance
This technology used to concentrate on mechanical repairs and procedures but now relies on high technology, using computers and computerized equipment to assess issues with electronic components, diagnose problems and test vehicles. The field is a vast one and it covers topics like temperature-control systems, fuel systems, ignition systems, four-wheel functioning, engine performance and electrical systems.
Research and Development
The competition is very stiff so research and development is always ongoing. There are many subjects covered in R&D but for businesses one of the most important is researching the tastes and preferences of consumers when it comes to trucks and cars. This is usually done by conducting surveys. Different surveys are done because cars have various target markets. These surveys are used by companies to determine what kind of vehicle to make and what features to add.
Future Automotive Technologies
There are many future technologies being developed and they focus on different aspects like materials, energy sources and design. The purpose of the research and development is to make automobiles more energy efficient. While the goal is the same, the methods for achieving these goals vary.
Fuel Efficiency and Advanced Controls
The most important goal right now for manufacturers is to make cars more fuel efficient, as rising gas prices continue unabated. With this in mind, many carmakers are now producing fuel-cell, battery, and hybrid energy saving vehicles. But development of the technology is not easy, with one of the problems being finding a power source for energy efficient cars.
However, there are many proposals such as liquid nitrogen cars, compressed-air cars, hydrogen cars and electric cars. Numerous steering control concepts have emerged, and there are plans of developing cars that can control of platoons of other vehicles.
Energy Saving Cars
Most cars today function at an efficiency rate of 15%. The rest of the energy is lost in the engine when it is idling, inefficiencies in the drive train and in the rest of the engine. It is for this reason that researchers are trying to improve this aspect of automotive technology.
One method that is used is regenerative braking as it can save energy and keep them for use in a later time. With standard brakes, all of the kinetic energy is used up and changed to thermal energy. With regenerative braking, some of the energy is kept and allows the battery to be recharged. However, this only works with hybrid cars.
Another example of this is Turbosteamer from BMW. This is in concept form but it shows promise. What is does is utilize the exhaust gas energy. According to the research, this can save energy by up to 15%. Another technology being developed is Compressed air Hybrid, an engine that forces air that is compressed in the engine which lowers the consumption of fuel by 30%.
This is just an overview of what is automotive technology, but it should be enough to help you get the concept. The field is vast, and with rapid advancements, the future of cars and other vehicles look promising and will be more energy efficient.
Tom is a free lancer writer and content builder of http://www.askdeb.com/ and now a days he is doing work on Automotive Technology
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