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Sunday, 29 January 2012
Salvage crews suspend work on capsized cruise ship (Reuters)
GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) ? Salvage crews preparing to pump thousands of tonnes of diesel fuel and oil from the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship off the Italian coast suspended work on Saturday because of bad weather that could last into next week, officials said.
With heavy seas and strong winds set to continue, work on removing more than 2,300 tonnes of diesel may be held up for days, according to a spokesman for SMIT, the Dutch company that is managing the operation.
"Starting operations depends on the weather conditions," Martijn Schuttevaer told reporters. "The forecast is for the bad weather to last until Tuesday and we don't expect to be able to recommence activities until the middle of the week."
A barge carrying pumping equipment that was attached to the capsized ship was withdrawn after strong winds and high waves worsened conditions for the divers working on the huge wreck.
Despite the interruption the search continued for bodies on the half-submerged vessel, which lies in about 20 meters of water on a rock shelf close to the island of Giglio off the Tuscan coast.
Divers found the body of a woman on Saturday, bringing the number of known dead to 17. Authorities also said they had identified the body of a German woman recovered last week.
Two of the bodies found after the shipwreck are unidentified and 15 people are still missing.
With no hope of finding survivors, the focus has switched to preventing an environmental disaster in Giglio, a popular holiday island in a marine nature reserve.
Before the work was suspended, crews were installing valves to help pump out six fuel tanks towards the front of the ship which hold most of the diesel. The pumping operation is expected to take between three weeks and a month.
The Concordia, a 290-metre long floating resort carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew, sank more than two weeks ago after it ran into a rock close to the shore which tore a long gash in its hull.
The accident, expected to trigger the most expensive maritime insurance claim ever, has set off a legal battle in which U.S. and Italian lawyers are preparing class action and individual suits against the operator, Costa Cruises.
In a bid to limit the fallout, Costa, a unit of Carnival Corp, the world's largest cruise ship operator, has offered the more than 3,000 passengers $14,500 each in compensation on condition they drop any legal action.
The Concordia's captain, Francesco Schettino, is under house arrest, suspected of causing the accident by steering too close to shore, and faces charges of multiple manslaughter and abandoning ship before the evacuation was complete.
The ship's first officer, Ciro Ambrosio, has also been questioned by prosecutors but the company itself has not been implicated in the investigation at this stage.
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Saturday, 28 January 2012
93% Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol
I had a chance to see this on the big screen recently, and I was very, very pleased that I did. The M.I. sequels haven't been all that memorable. I really enjoyed the first one and haven't really been all that impressed with what came after it. Thankfully, Brad Bird has changed that with Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. There are several things about it that make it one of the best action movies I've seen in a long time, as well as a great film on its own. First of all, it only contains a little over 700 special effects shots, which compared to the usual big dumb action movies that have around 1500 or more, it's a welcome enhancement using practical effects for a change (not to mention that almost all of the CGI effects don't stick out). The film is also well-paced, thanks to a tight story and fantastic editing by the great Paul Hirsch. It's not important to the integrity of the film, per se, but it also features the tallest building in the world in Dubai (which hadn't been filmed previously). It's a great location and used to great effect as film's show-stopping set piece. Brad Bird has really knocked it out of the park here. With his live-action directorial debut (previously directing the greats The Iron Giant and The Incredibles), it's an insanely entertaining movie.
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Why the US won't fund Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
Following a Palestinian appeal for UN recognition, US congressional funding for aid projects including a local version of 'Sesame Street' have been frozen.
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Skip to next paragraphDaoud Kuttab usually produces a Palestinian version of ?Sesame Street? that teaches children how to count. But lately he has had to focus on his own bottom line. Three months after an American funding freeze, his show is so behind schedule that the writers? workshop rooms are empty, the editing studios are dark, and the Muppets have left the West Bank for repairs.
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Mr. Kuttab says that in October he was expecting to receive $2.5 million from the US Agency for International Development for the next three years. But Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) of Florida froze $192 million in congressional funding to USAID?s programs in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations, which the United States opposed.
Each season, Kuttab works with teachers and child psychologists to craft 26 episodes around themes of tolerance, sharing, and friendship. Kuttab said that even if money is restored he will not manage to produce any new episodes in 2012.
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Friday, 27 January 2012
DIY smear test works for cervical cancer
A DO-IT-YOURSELF smear test could enable millions of women in poorer countries to head off cervical cancer.
Eighty-five per cent of cervical cancer cases occur in developing countries, where screening for pre-cancerous changes is rare due to difficulties in obtaining samples and a shortage of cytologists to interpret them. Testing for DNA from the human papillomavirus (HPV) that causes the disease is an alternative method. A kit created by Qiagen of Gaithersburg, Maryland, enables women to take their own cell sample, which is then posted to a lab.
Fang-Hui Zhao of Peking Union Medical College in Beijing, China, and colleagues have now reviewed data from 13,000 women in China screened using HPV-testing, traditional smear testing, or a method that uses acetic acid.
Self-HPV testing was the most effective at detecting early signs of cancer, although there were some false positives - some women had HPV but didn't have any signs of cervical cancer (JNCI: Journal of the National Institute of Cancer, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djr532). "Self-HPV testing has potential as a primary screening method for women, regardless of their access to healthcare," says Zhao.
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Thursday, 26 January 2012
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Monday, 23 January 2012
Yemeni president departs, en route to US
SANAA, Yemen?? Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh left his battered nation Sunday on his way to the U.S. for medical treatment after passing power to his deputy and asking for forgiveness for any "shortcomings" during his 33-year rein.
But in a sign that Saleh's role as Yemen's top power broker is likely far from over, he said he would return to Yemen before the official power transfer next month to serve as the head of his ruling party.
Saleh's departure marks a small achievement in the months of diplomatic efforts by the U.S. and Yemen's powerful Gulf neighbors to ease the nearly year-old political crisis in the Arab world's poorest country. An active al-Qaida branch there has taken advantage of the turmoil, stepping up operations and seizing territory.
After months of diplomatic pressure and mass protests calling for his ouster, Saleh signed a deal in November to transfer authority to his vice president in exchange for immunity from prosecution. Still, Saleh continued to exercise power behind the scenes, sparking accusations he sought to scuttle the deal and cling to power.
His departure could help the deal go forward.
Presidential spokesman Ahmed al-Soufi told The Associated Press that Saleh left Yemen's capital Sanaa late Sunday on a plane headed for the Gulf sultanate of Oman. He did not say how long Saleh would remain there, but added that he would make "another stop before heading to the United States of America."
A senior administration official said Ali Abdullah Saleh would travel to New York this week, and probably stay in the U.S. until no later than the end of February. U.S. officials believe Saleh's exit from Yemen could lower the risk of disruptions in the lead-up to presidential elections planned there on Feb. 21.
The Obama administration faced a dilemma in deciding whether to let Saleh enter the U.S. after he requested a visa last month. It has long seen getting Saleh out of Yemen as an important step in ensuring the power transfer goes forward.
But some in the administration worried that welcoming Saleh would spark charges from the Arab world that the U.S. was harboring an autocrat responsible for deadly crackdowns on protesters.
To protect against this, the administration has sought assurances that Saleh will not seek to remain in the U.S.
An official close to Saleh said Sunday the president would undergo medical exams in Oman before heading to the U.S. The U.S. has forbidden him from any political activity in the U.S., the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorize to disclose diplomatic talks.
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Saleh is likely seeking treatment for injuries sustained in a blast in his palace mosque last June 3 that left him badly burned. After the attack, Saleh traveled to Saudi Arabia for treatment, leaving many to suspect his power was waning. A few months later, however, he made a surprise return to Yemen and resumed his post.
Under the power transfer deal signed in November, Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi is to be rubber-stamped as the country's new leader in presidential elections. The political parties that signed the deal agreed not to nominate any other candidates.
In a farewell speech Friday reported by Yemeni state media, Saleh said he was passing his powers to Hadi, whom he promoted to the rank of marshal.
Saleh portrayed himself as a patriot who "gave his life in the service of the nation," called for reconciliation and apologized for any mistakes.
"I ask for forgiveness from all sons of the nation, women and men, for any shortcomings during my 33 years in office," Saleh said according to Yemen's state news agency.
He also called on Yemen's youth, who have spearheaded the mass protests calling for his ouster and often faced deadly crackdowns by Saleh's security forces, to go home.
"I feel for you and call on you to return to your homes and turn a new page with a new leadership," he said.
Yemen expert Gregory Johnsen of Princeton University said Saleh's departure could help the power transfer deal progress, though it will do little to address protesters' demands for a fundamental change of how politics in Yemen works.
Throughout his rule, Saleh has put close members of his family and tribe in charge of key state institutions and security forces, Johnsen said. Leaving that network intact could allow Saleh to continue to shape events in Yemen, even without the title of president.
"I don't think we have seen the last of President Saleh," Johnsen said.
Inspired by popular uprisings elsewhere in the Arab world, Yemenis took to the streets nearly a year ago to demand Saleh's ouster and call for democratic reforms. Saleh's security forces have met them with often deadly crackdowns, killing more than 200 protesters. Many others have been killed in violent clashes between armed groups that support the protesters and security forces.
Al-Qaida's active Yemeni branch has also taken advantage of the security collapse to seize territory in the country's south, even taking control of a town 100 miles from the capital Sanaa earlier this month.
The protests have continued despite the power transfer deal, which many say falls far short of their demands. They also reject the immunity clause, saying they want to see Saleh tried for his alleged role in the protester deaths.
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Joe Paterno Alive But In 'Serious' Condition: Ex-Penn State Coach Battles Lung Cancer
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Joe Paterno's doctors said Saturday that the former Penn State coach's condition had become "serious," following complications from lung cancer in recent days.
The winningest major college football coach, Paterno was diagnosed shortly after Penn State's Board of Trustees ousted him Nov. 9 in the aftermath of the child sex abuse charges against former assistant Jerry Sandusky. While undergoing treatment, his health problems worsened when he broke his pelvis ? the same injury he sustained during preseason practice last year.
"Over the last few days Joe Paterno has experienced further health complications," family spokesman Dan McGinn said in a brief statement to The Associated Press. "His doctors have now characterized his status as serious. His family will have no comment on the situation and asks that their privacy be respected during this difficult time."
Paterno's sons Scott and Jay each took to Twitter on Saturday night to refute reports that their father had died.
Wrote Jay Paterno: "I appreciate the support & prayers. Joe is continuing to fight."
Quoting individuals close to the family, The Washington Post reported on its website that Paterno remained connected to a ventilator, but had communicated his wishes not to be kept alive through any extreme artificial means. The paper said his family was weighing whether to take him off the ventilator on Sunday.
The 85-year-old Paterno has been in the hospital since Jan. 13 for observation for what his family called minor complications from his cancer treatments. Not long before that, he conducted his only interview since losing his job, with the Post. Paterno was described as frail and wearing a wig. The second half of the two-day interview was conducted from his bedside.
Roughly 200 students and townspeople gathered Saturday night at a statue of Paterno just outside a gate at Beaver Stadium. Some brought candles, while others held up their smart phones to take photos of the scene. The mood was somber, with no chanting or shouting.
"Drove by students at the Joe statue," Jay Paterno tweeted. "Just told my Dad about all the love & support--inspiring him."
Penn State student David Marselles held a candle in his right hand and posed next to a life-sized cardboard cutout of Paterno that he keeps at his apartment. A friend took a photo on the frigid night.
"I came to Penn State because of Joe Paterno. Since I was a little kid, I've been watching the games ... screaming `We Are ... Penn State' because of him. ... He inspired me to go to college," Marselles said. "With such a tragic event like this, I just thought it was necessary to show my support."
The final days of Paterno's Penn State career were easily the toughest in his 61 years with the university and 46 seasons as head football coach.
Sandusky, a longtime defensive coordinator who was on Paterno's staff during two national title seasons, was arrested Nov. 5 and ultimately charged with sexually abusing a total of 10 boys over 15 years. His arrest sparked outrage not just locally but across the nation and there were widespread calls for Paterno to quit.
Paterno announced late on Nov. 9 that he would retire at the end of the season, but hours later he received a call from board vice chairman John Surma, telling him he had been terminated. By that point, a crowd of students and media were outside the Paterno home. When news spread that Paterno had been dumped, there was rioting in State College.
Police on Saturday evening barricaded the block where Paterno lives, and a police car was stationed about 50 yards from his home. Several people had gathered in the living room of the house. No one was outside, other than reporters and photographers.
Trustees said this week they pushed Paterno out in part because he failed a moral responsibility to report an allegation made in 2002 against Sandusky to authorities outside the university. They also felt he had challenged their authority and that, as a practical matter, with all the media in town and attention to the Sandusky case, he could no longer run the team.
Paterno testified before the grand jury investigating Sandusky that he had relayed to his bosses an accusation that came from graduate assistant Mike McQueary, who said he saw Sandusky abusing a boy in the showers of the Penn State football building.
Paterno told the Post that he didn't know how to handle the charge, but a day after McQueary visited him, he spoke to the athletic director and the administrator with oversight over the campus police.
Wick Sollers, Paterno's lawyer, called the board's comments this week self-serving and unsupported by the facts. Paterno fully reported what he knew to the people responsible for campus investigations, Sollers said.
"He did what he thought was right with the information he had at the time," Sollers said.
Sandusky says he is innocent and is out on bail, awaiting trial.
The back and forth between Paterno's representative and the board reflects a trend in recent weeks, during which Penn State alumni ? and especially former players, including Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris ? have questioned the trustees' actions and accused them of failing to give Paterno a chance to defend himself.
Three town halls, in Pittsburgh, suburban Philadelphia and New York City, seemed to do little to calm the situation and dozens of candidates have now expressed interest in running for the board, a volunteer position that typically attracts much less interest.
While everyone involved has said the focus should be on Sandusky's accusers and their ordeals, the abuse scandal brought a tarnished ending to Paterno's sterling career. Paterno won 409 games and took the Nittany Lions to 37 bowl games and those two national championships, the last in the 1986 season. More than 250 of the players he coached went on to the NFL.
Throughout his coaching years, Paterno maintained that, yes, winning was important, but even more important was winning with honor.
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Sunday, 22 January 2012
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About 100 In Minn. Protest Campaign Finance Ruling ? CBS ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ? About 100 people demonstrated outside the federal courthouse in Minneapolis on Friday, rallying against the landmark Supreme Court ruling that opened the door for corporations and labor unions to pour more money into politics.
The protest was one of several planned around the country to criticize the Citizens United decision. Several speakers took a stand against the nearly 2-year-old ruling, and the demonstration was interspersed with street theater and chants of ?corporations are not people.? One skit included a person impersonating Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts performing a marriage ceremony between a person and a corporation.
Sen. John Marty, D-Roseville, said before speaking at the event that he?s still stunned by the influence of money on politics, even after a long career in elected office.
?If somebody?s going to own our political system, it ought to be the people,? Marty said. ?It ought to be funded with public money in small individual contributions if they want, but no PAC money, no lobbyist money, no soft money, no super PAC money, no corporate money.?
The event was sponsored by Move to Amend, a group trying to gather support for a Constitutional amendment that would undo the Citizens United ruling. Volunteers with clipboards circulated in the crowd, gathering petition signatures. The event also attracted support from the Occupy Minneapolis and Occupy St. Paul movements.
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Saturday, 21 January 2012
List of missing Italy cruise ship passengers, crew (AP)
A list of those missing and confirmed dead in the grounding of the cruise ship Costa Concordia off Italy. The death was confirmed by Hungarian authorities. Italian officials released the list of the missing.
CONFIRMED DEAD (11):
Sandor Feher, Hungary, 38 years old, crew
Five bodies recovered soon after the disaster, whose names have not been released
Five additional bodies, who have not yet been identified.
UNACCOUNTED FOR (These names include five of the dead and 21 missing)
Dayana Arlotti, Italy
William M. Arlotti, Italy
Elisabeth Bauer, Germany
Michael M. Blemand, France
Maria Dintrono, Italy
Horst Galle, Germany
Jeanne Gannard, France
Christina Mathi Ganz, Germany
Norbert Josef Ganz, Germany
Girolamo Giuseppe, Italy, crew
Pierre Gregoire, France
Gabriele Grube, Germany
Barbara Heil, United States
Gerald Heil, United States
Egon Hoer, Germany
Mylene Litzler, France
Margarethe Neth, Germany
Russel Terence Rebello, India, crew
Inge Schall, Germany
Erika Fani Soriamolina, Peru, crew
Siglinde Stumpf, Germany
Brunhild Werp, Germany
Josef Werp, Germany
Margrit Schroeter, Germany
Maria Grazia Trecarichi, Italy
Luisa Antonia Virzi, Italy
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Friday, 20 January 2012
5 things that sunk Rick Perry (Politico)
Rick Perry proved that all streaks ultimately end.
The Texas governor, who entered the 2012 GOP primary as the on-paper front-runner to become the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, ended his campaign Thursday on a note of grace and pride that belied a debacle of a five-month candidacy. It?s the first election he has lost ? and it wasn?t pretty.
Continue ReadingPerry ends his presidential run
Pundits react: Perry drops out
Below, POLITICO?s five reasons why Perry tanked:
1) The fire in the belly wasn?t there at the start
There were many things that ailed Rick Perry. But it is every candidate?s job to get himself elected.
Quite simply, Perry was either not ready, or his heart wasn?t in it ? or both.
Perry began with a head of steam when he declared his candidacy the day of the Ames Straw Poll on Aug. 13, stepping on Michele Bachmann?s win there and sucking the media oxygen out of the room. He was all bravura and tough talk, telling Iowa crowds he wanted to get rough with Ben Bernanke and blowing kisses to Romney for the cameras.
But he had almost no second act after that. The moment he was forced to talk issues he revealed just how ill prepared he was to be a candidate. He had clearly thought little about foreign policy and his answers to questions about the topic had the feel of a student who had crammed for an exam by committing a few lines to memory. He was more at ease discussing domestic affairs but never veered far from the sort of platitudes he?d been reciting for years in Texas.
Perry?s calling card was supposed to be retail politicking, but he was never quite able to connect with Iowa voters. A powerful governor for the past decade who either stiff-armed or simply ran around his state?s press corps, Perry was unaccustomed to the 24-hour news cycle and the relentlessness of the national press corps.
Most importantly, Perry never seemed to have the fire in the belly. His wife, he?d said, told him to ?get out of your comfort zone? and run. In addition to whatever physical issues may have come from experimental back surgery he underwent shortly before kicking off his campaign, Perry ? who had ruled out running for president late last year, only to have his longtime aides tell him that all that really mattered was raising vast sums of money ? often said in speeches that he did not wake up every day with a burning desire to be president.
It showed. Given how hard it is to run, that burning desire is essential for every candidate.
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Thursday, 19 January 2012
Communications Manager- Allsup, Inc. ? AdSaint
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Position Summary:
This position requires an excellent communications professional who will be responsible for developing and managing company communications activites, with a special emphasis on internal communications. Individual will support communications activities related to internal and external online media, including the company Intranet and social media. Creates tactical plans that meet Communications strategies. Assists and interacts with Communications/PR, Human Resources, Marketing, and other teams on a daily basis to further internal and external communications and the brand.
Essential Job Functions:
- Write and manage content for the company?s Intranet.
- Draft and distribute corporate press materials.
- Photography for internal and external events.
- Support online content activities, including social media monitoring and response (forums, blogs) and SEO content activities.
- Prepare special projects and other communications to customers, professional organizations, government offices, and others on an as needed basis.
- Research statistics and other industry data related to the company, trends and customers.
- Coordinate with and support activities of contract public relations agencies and other vendors.
Essential Job Requirements:
- Superior writing and editing skills
- Excellent interpersonal communications skills
- Superior project planning and organizational management skills
- Internet skills (searches, reporting, social media, SEO, analytics)
- Knowledge of Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Education Expereince
Requires a bachelor?s degree in journalism, public relations, communications, or a related area. At least five years corporate communications or journalism expereince. Must be a self-starter with the ability to work independently and in teams, prioritize, and interested in working for a fast-paced and innovative company.
Knowledge/Skill Requirements
Professional verbal and written communication skills and excellent organizational/multitasking skills. Working knowledge and experience with Microsoft PC operating systems and Office products. Professional oral/telephone communication skill required. Photography expereince.
Physical Requirements
- Requires substantial time sitting and typing using a computer with mouse, typewriter or adding machine
- Requires occasional walking, standing, bending, reaching, and carrying
- May require occasional lifting, lowering, pushing, or pulling up to 20 lbs.
Allsup, Belleville, Ill., is a leading nationwide provider of financial and healthcare-relalted services to people with disabiliities. Founded in 1984, Allsup has helped more than 170,000 people receive their entitled Social Security Disability Insurance and Medicare benefits. Allsup employs over 800 professionals who deliver services directly to consumers and threir families, or through ttheir employers and long-term disability insurance carries.
Please send resume with salary requirement to a.alcazar@allsupinc.com. Please include position title in subject line.
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Madonna & Elton John In Catfight At Golden Globes (VIDEO)
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Madonna and Sir Elton John got into a little war of words at the 69th annual Golden Globes show. John’s husband, David Furnish, even got [...]
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