CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's highest court is to examine the legitimacy of the upper house of parliament, a case likely to increase the legal uncertainty of the country's political transition and leave it without a legislature.
The Supreme Constitutional Court has already forced the lower house to dissolve under a June ruling that said an electoral law used to elect both chambers - and which resulted in an Islamist dominated parliament - was unfair.
The new case once again pits independent lawyers against the Islamists that have come to power since the downfall of Hosni Mubarak and who see the court as stuffed with the former president's appointees.
On Sunday, at its first session since going on strike over President Mohamed Mursi's decision to expand his powers, the court set January 15 as the date for the first hearing. It will also examine the legitimacy of the Islamist-dominated assembly that wrote the constitution that Mursi fast-tracked to approval at a referendum this month.
If the court rules against the upper house - which seems likely as it was elected under the same law that the court found lacking in the lower house case in June - Egypt will have a legislative vacuum until new parliamentary elections, expected to start in about two months.
The upper house assumed legislative powers just last week under the new constitution.
The June ruling said the transitional electoral law - drafted by the generals then ruling post-Mubarak Egypt in consultation with political parties - gave too much power to parties, at the expense of independent candidates.
The court had to postpone the hearings from early December due to a protest outside its building by Islamists.
"The (court) renews its condemnation of those who participated in it, as well as those who remained silent," the court said in a statement.
Mursi had shielded both the assembly which drafted the constitution and the upper house of parliament from legal challenges in a decree he issued in November which touched off protests by critics who accused him of a power grab.
Mursi revoked the decree ahead of the referendum in which the constitution was approved by 64 percent of those who voted.
The new constitution cut the number of judges who sit in the Supreme Constitutional Court to 11 from 18. One of Mursi's most vocal critics was among the judges to leave the court.
The woman who has led prominent Christchurch department store Ballantynes through the city's earthquakes says the "momentum of change" is starting to sweep across the quake-hit city.
Ballantynes managing director Mary Devine has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to business.
Devine was appointed to her Ballantynes role shortly before the February 2011 earthquake, becoming the first female and the first non-family managing director since 1938.
She served as the chief executive of retailer EziBuy before taking on the job, and has been on the Canterbury Business Leaders Group executive.
Devine also served as a board member of New Zealand Global Women, and played a key role in developing the organisation's women in leadership programme.
Devine said she was "surprised and humbled" when notified of the honour.
"I was shocked: I had to read it [the letter] a couple of times actually to check that it was true."
She had faced "major challenges" since starting at Ballantynes.
She rated getting the department store ready for trading after the earthquake one of her career highlights.
"It's been all hands on deck from day one, and I'm very proud of the great work that the team has done."
The Re:Start container mall, made up of small shipping container shops around Ballantynes, had also been a major success.
Devine said the mall's success could provide a blueprint for the future of the retail precinct.
"It's something that was achieved in a very unique way, and it's very innovative on a global scale."
She had enjoyed her work with NZ Global Women, and felt the group had helped to increase the number of women leaders while drawing attention to the issue of gender representation.
"We have a strong voice at the table now, especially on the issue of diversity on boards."
Devine said 2013 would be "an exciting year" for Ballantynes and the city as rebuilding plans gathered pace and the future shape of the city started to take hold.
"We've done a lot of hard yards, but we can definitely feel the momentum of change," she said.
HOUSTON (AP) ? Former President George H.W. Bush remains hospitalized in Houston recovering from an illness that began with a bronchitis-related cough. There was no update on his condition Sunday, but a family spokesman said Saturday that the 88-year-old had been moved back to a regular room at Methodist Hospital.
Bush had spent a week in intensive care in order to knock down a fever.
Family spokesman Jim McGrath said Saturday that former?President?Bush continued to improve and he and his family thanked everyone for their prayers and good wishes.
Bush was hospitalized Nov. 23 and moved to the intensive care unit Dec. 23 after developing a fever.
Bush, the 41st president, is the country?s oldest living former president by a few months.
(?2012 CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
Fact contains the information Citation contains the where found in source Source contains complete information about the source SourceRepository contains location of source in Repository Repository contains the location of the source
For example: A birth certificate.
Fact = Birth of person, name of parents, location of birth Citation = detail description of information Source = general information about certificate SourceRepository = Index, file drawer in your home library Repository = Your home library.
Similar this can be done for books you own, documents, recordings of interviews. Not a perfect system but this is what the general use of the tags/fields are used for.
Life is notorious for delivering sucker punches that can really knock the wind out of you. After being steadily employed for many years, you can suddenly become unemployed, and you are unsure of what your next step should be. Has the idea of a home-based enterprise ever occurred to you? This article will help you by giving you advice on how to get started being your own boss.
Running a home based business requires some considerations, that other business must follow as well, in regards to safety. This may mean that you have to put some money into new equipment, and it may also mean you setting some rules and boundaries. Not only will this keep your family safe, but it can also help you avoid expensive accidents. Home businesses are also not immune to government inspections for safety regulations.
TIP! If you spend money entertaining your clients, it may be tax deductible. Taking clients or business associates out for meals can be a deduction on your taxes.
Save all your receipts if you are operating a home business enterprise. All your business-related purchases, including transportation, are tax-deductible. Keep every receipt, you will never know what you can use for tax deductions. Unless you save your receipts, you may end up paying unnecessarily high taxes in April.
If you are starting a new home-based business, then you need an effective website. This is a key opportunity for you to expand your target audience and maximize sales. You can speed up the process of establishing your website and make it less of a hassle by enlisting the help of a professional.
Many home business enterprise owners are coming together online. Check out and research internet communities such as forums or message boards, and include both ones dedicated to your particular niche or outside your area of expertise. Other business owners may give you hints on how to run your own business.
Have business cards made up. Business cards can be ordered very cheaply online. You should always include your vital contact information, like your name, the name of your business and your phone number. List your contact info- this is important! The more options you give your customers for contacting you, the better.
Find competitive rates of businesses in your local area when trying to start your own. Use the information you glean from your research to determine what you should charge. Don?t be afraid to charge an appropriate value for your services.
TIP! If you are out of stock in a particular item, be sure to let your clients know about it. It?s extremely upsetting for customers when they learn that delivery on their order is going to be delayed for an extended time.
Be sure to set aside a specific work area in your home. Pick a roomy area of you home that has enough space to keep things well organized. A designated area for your business will keep things organized, one of the keys to ensuring success.
While reading this article, hopefully you were inspired to take your life into your own hands. You were given a lot of tips about starting a home business enterprise, and now is the time to grab the bull by the horns and go for it! You can keep this article for reference to read anytime you are not sure what the next step you should be taking is.
Dutch league title contenders Feyenoord will miss Ruben Schaken for at least six weeks because the winger needed immediate surgery on his groin, Dutch media reported. The Dutch football ...
Moroccans voice opposition to Dutch ?abortion ship?
Al Arabiya - Friday 28th December, 2012
The Dutch non-profit organization Women on Waves, which is organizing the visit, says the ship will arrive at Smir, in northern Morocco on Thursday afternoon, around 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of ...
Spending a night in a Dutch ice hotel
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Dutch pension funds need ?firm measures? to return to satisfactory funding levels
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Firm measures are necessary to bring scheme funding levels of Dutch pension funds up to the minimum required funding ratio of 105 per cent within five years, warns De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) in ...
Dutch pension funds sell off securities
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EUR 26bn worth of securities were sold by Dutch pension funds in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to figures published by De Nederlandsche Bank. The funds carried out equities sales ...
Dutch tax authorities rule on landmark tax rebate for UK pension funds
European Pensions - Friday 28th December, 2012
UK pension funds are set to enjoy a ?100million rebate from the Dutch tax authorities following a tax ruling, says the UK branch of KPMG. The professional services provider?s test ...
Net worth of Dutch investment funds decreases further
European Pensions - Friday 28th December, 2012
The net worth of supervised Dutch investment funds fell by ?6.4bn (eight per cent) in the third quarter of 2008 (Q3 2008), with De Nederlandsche Bank attributing losses to investment ...
Dutch pension funds receive ?4.9bn in dividends over 11 months
European Pensions - Friday 28th December, 2012
Between April 2007 and March 2008, Dutch pension funds are reported as having received ?4.9bn in dividends on quoted shares, according to De Nederlandsche Bank. Pension fund holdings of ...
Netherlands streets ahead in use of Liability Driven Investment
European Pensions - Friday 28th December, 2012
Sixty-one per cent of Dutch pension funds are currently employing a Liability Driven Investment (LDI) strategy, an increase of 18 per cent on last year?s figures. Fiduciary manager SEI ...
Slight growth in Dutch mutual funds
European Pensions - Friday 28th December, 2012
Dutch mutual funds expanded their share in Dutch household investments from 54 per cent to 55 per cent in the first quarter 2008, according to De Nederlandsche Bank. The Bank said the increase ...
Dutch pension liabilities fall
European Pensions - Friday 28th December, 2012
The value of the Dutch pension funds? technical provisions stood at approximately ?493bn at year-end 2007, a drop in liabilities of ?14bn, according to De Nederlandsche Bank. ...
Dutch metal pension funds launch joint in SRI policy
European Pensions - Friday 28th December, 2012
The two Dutch pension funds for the metal industry, the ?33bn Pensioenfonds Metaalelektro (PMT) and the ?21.5bn Pensioenfonds Metaal en Techniek (PME), have launched a joint social ...
She has freckles, a normal-sized head, wears t-shirts and jeans. She is also "awkwardly dressed" and "pretty cute." She is the average female Mac user, according to an infographic complied and released by software start-up BlueStacks.
The company, which makes software that allows Android apps to run on computers, just released a new version of its Mac app. Install the program and you can access Android apps right from Apple's OS X operating system - Angry Birds, Instagram, all your favorites.
But the company didn't want to just release the software. In honor of the announcement, it created an infographic based on data from its Facebook users about what Ms. Mac looks like.
According to the graphic, which you can view below, 27 percent of female Mac users have long hair, 48 percent wear glasses and 52 percent are under 20. Forty percent use Mac OS X Lion, 14 percent OS X Mountain Lion, 20 percent OS X Leopard, and 8 percent Snow Leopard.
However, you should take these findings with a grain of salt; they are based primarily on responses from BlueStacks' 1.1 million Facebook fans. Some of it is based on data from Nielsen, but BlueStacks confirmed that the majority of the information was pulled from its own users and its social media fans.
"We have a lot of early adopter fans who were into helping," BlueStacks VP of marketing, John Gargiulo, told ABC News. "We also hired a data scientist who has been parsing through the data and talking with people who use BlueStacks. We like to do things that are a bit fun and different."
BlueStacks created a similar infographic about Android users last year. Not surprisingly, 70 percent of male Android users wear t-shits and 62 percent wear jeans. (It's like that line from that '90s movie "Can't Hardly Wait": "He is sort of tall, with hair and wears t-shirts sometimes.")
Regardless, if you're looking for a fun infographic / full body image of the alleged Ms. Mac 2012, you can click the image below.
America is rapidly becoming a nation of takers.? An increasing number of Americans expect the government to take care of them from the cradle to the grave, and they expect the government to dig into the pockets of others in order to pay for it all.? This philosophy can be very seductive, but what happens when the number of takers eventually outnumbers the number of producers?? In?11 different U.S. states, the number of government dependents exceeds the number of private sector workers.? This list of states includes some of the biggest states in the country: California, New York, Illinois, Ohio, Maine, Kentucky, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, New Mexico and Hawaii.? It is interesting to note that seven of those states were won by Barack Obama on election night.? InCalifornia, there are 139 ?takers? for every 100 private sector workers.? That is crazy!? The American people have become absolutely addicted to government money, and it gets worse with each passing year.? If you can believe it, entitlements accounted for?62 percent?of all federal spending in fiscal year 2012.? It would be one thing if we could afford all of this spending, but unfortunately we simply cannot.? We are?drowning in debt, and we are stealing more than a hundred million more dollars from future generations with each passing hour.? No bank robber in history can match that kind of theft.
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CLAREMONT, Calif. (AP) ? Ray Collins, who invited guitarist Frank Zappa to join the band that eventually became the Mothers of Invention, has died at age 75.
Collins' friend Patrick Brayer tells the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (http://bit.ly/ZECaMX ) that the musician from Claremont, Calif., died Monday, five days after a heart attack.
Collins brought Zappa to R&B cover band the Soul Giants in 1964. By 1966, they had become the Mothers of Invention, releasing their first album, "Freak Out," on Verve Records.
Collins sang on three albums, then left the Mothers, saying their comedic approach to music didn't suit him.
He pursued little music afterward and spent his last years living in a van, but was a well-known character and conversationalist on the streets of Claremont, a college town east of Los Angeles.
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Information from: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, http://www.dailybulletin.com
FILE - In this June 2, unknown year, file photo, actress Marilyn Monroe smiles in a car after arriving tousled from an all-night plane flight from Hollywood to Idlewild Airport, in New York. The actress said she planned to rest in New York before going to England to make a new movie with Sir Laurence Olivier. In late 2012, the FBI has released a new version of files it kept on Monroe that reveal the names of some of her acquaintances who had drawn concern from government officials and members of her entourage over their suspected ties to communism. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - In this June 2, unknown year, file photo, actress Marilyn Monroe smiles in a car after arriving tousled from an all-night plane flight from Hollywood to Idlewild Airport, in New York. The actress said she planned to rest in New York before going to England to make a new movie with Sir Laurence Olivier. In late 2012, the FBI has released a new version of files it kept on Monroe that reveal the names of some of her acquaintances who had drawn concern from government officials and members of her entourage over their suspected ties to communism. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - In this February 26, 1962 file photo, Marilyn Monroe and Jean Pierre Piquet, left, manager of Continental Hilton Hotel, are seen lifting their champagne glasses at a reception offered to the visiting star, in Mexico City. In late 2012, the FBI has released a new version of files it kept on Monroe that reveal the names of some of her acquaintances who had drawn concern from government officials and members of her entourage over their suspected ties to communism. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - This undated photo shows actress Marilyn Monroe. In late 2012, the FBI has released a new version of files it kept on Monroe that reveal the names of some of her acquaintances who had drawn concern from government officials and members of her entourage over their suspected ties to communism. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - This file copy of a document, obtained by The Associated Press through the Freedom of Information Act, from playwright Arthur Miller's FBI file, shows an FBI report stating, that "the New York Daily News received an anonymous telephone call" on July 3, 1956. The caller, "an unidentified male," stated that "Arthur Miller had been and still was a member of the CP (Communist Party) and was their cultural front man" and that (his wife) "Marilyn Monroe" also "had drifted into the Communist orbit." The file revealed that Miller had been the subject of FBI surveillance for a long time. In late 2012, the FBI has released a new version of files it kept on Marilyn Monroe that reveal the names of some of her acquaintances who had drawn concern from government officials and members of her entourage over their suspected ties to communism. (AP Photo/FBI, File)
FILE - In this July 14, 1956 file photo, Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe and her husband, playwright Arthur Miller, arrive from New York at London airport, England. Monroe is in Britain to work on a movie. In late 2012, the FBI has released a new version of files it kept on Monroe that reveal the names of some of her acquaintances who had drawn concern from government officials and members of her entourage over their suspected ties to communism. (AP Photo, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? FBI files on Marilyn Monroe that could not be located earlier this year have been found and re-issued, revealing the names of some of the movie star's acquaintances who drew concern from government officials and her own entourage.
The files had previously been heavily redacted, but more details are now public in a version of the file recently obtained by The Associated Press through the Freedom of Information Act. The updated files reveal that some in Monroe's inner circle were concerned about her association with Frederick Vanderbilt Field, who was disinherited from his wealthy family over his leftist views.
The FBI's files on Monroe show the extent the agency was monitoring the actress for ties to communism in the years before her death in August 1962. A trip to Mexico earlier that year to shop for furniture brought her in contact with Field, who was living in the country with his wife in self-imposed exile. Informants reported to the FBI that a "mutual infatuation" had developed between Field and Monroe, which caused concern among some in her inner circle, including her therapist, the files state.
"This situation caused considerable dismay among Miss Monroe's entourage and also among the (American Communist Group in Mexico)," the file states. It includes references to an interior decorator who worked with Monroe's analyst reporting her connection to Field to the doctor.
Field's autobiography devotes an entire chapter to Monroe's Mexico trip, "An Indian Summer Interlude." He mentions that he and his wife accompanied Monroe on shopping trips and meals and he only mentions politics once in a passage on their dinnertime conversations.
"She talked mostly about herself and some of the people who had been or still were important to her," Field wrote in "From Right to Left." ''She told us about her strong feelings for civil rights, for black equality, as well as her admiration for what was being done in China, her anger at red-baiting and McCarthyism and her hatred of (FBI director) J. Edgar Hoover."
Under Hoover's watch, the FBI kept tabs on the political and social lives of many celebrities, including Frank Sinatra, Charlie Chaplin and Monroe's ex-husband Arthur Miller. The bureau has also been involved in numerous investigations about crimes against celebrities, including threats against Elizabeth Taylor, an extortion case involving Clark Gable and more recently, trying to solve who killed rapper Notorious B.I.G.
The AP had sought the removal of redactions from Monroe's FBI files earlier this year as part of a series of stories on the 50th anniversary of Monroe's death. The FBI had reported that it had transferred the files to a National Archives facility in Maryland, but archivists said the documents had not been received. A few months after requesting details on the transfer, the FBI released an updated version of the files that eliminate dozens of redactions.
For years, the files have intrigued investigators, biographers and those who don't believe Monroe's death at her Los Angeles area home was a suicide.
A 1982 investigation by the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office found no evidence of foul play after reviewing all available investigative records, but noted that the FBI files were "heavily censored."
That characterization intrigued the man who performed Monroe's autopsy, Dr. Thomas Noguchi. While the DA investigation concluded he conducted a thorough autopsy, Noguchi has conceded that no one will likely ever know all the details of Monroe's death. The FBI files and confidential interviews conducted with the actress' friends that have never been made public might help, he wrote in his 1983 memoir "Coroner."
"On the basis of my own involvement in the case, beginning with the autopsy, I would call Monroe's suicide 'very probable,'" Noguchi wrote. "But I also believe that until the complete FBI files are made public and the notes and interviews of the suicide panel released, controversy will continue to swirl around her death."
Monroe's file begins in 1955 and mostly focuses on her travels and associations, searching for signs of leftist views and possible ties to communism. One entry, which previously had been almost completely redacted, concerned intelligence that Monroe and other entertainers sought visas to visit Russia that year.
The file continues up until the months before her death, and also includes several news stories and references to Norman Mailer's biography of the actress, which focused on questions about whether Monroe was killed by the government.
For all the focus on Monroe's closeness to suspected communists, the bureau never found any proof she was a member of the party.
"Subject's views are very positively and concisely leftist; however, if she is being actively used by the Communist Party, it is not general knowledge among those working with the movement in Los Angeles," a July 1962 entry in Monroe's file states.
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In time for New Year's Eve, Science Friday examines the chemical reactions that transpire in fluted glassware. Ira Flatow and Richard Zare, a chemist at Stanford University, pore over the science of bubbles ? from how to keep that open champagne fizzy (forget the cork) to why beer tastes better from a glass rather than a bottle.
?Egyptian economy in intensive care?, ?Egypt economy is headed towards collapse and complete bankruptcy ?, ?Egyptian economy is in free-fall? and ?Egypt on brink of deep economic crisis? blasted some Egyptian media in the current post-referendum phase of their vicious and desperate campaign, as the country?s credit rating is reduced, with a clear negative impact on investment projects.
The purpose of this treacherous war is to hit the Egyptian economy and stop the wheel of economic development. In fact, the Egyptian economy has witnessed a relatively remarkable improvement, confirmed by a Ministry of Finance report issued in November 2012.
That report reveals an increase in state revenues amounting to 40.3% during the previous five months, to reach 108,5 billion Egyptian Pounds (approximately US$18 billion), compared with 77.4 billion pounds during the same period of the previous year.
Furthermore, tax revenues collected from the Petroleum Authority and the Suez Canal increased by 17.3% and 15.6%, respectively, recording an increase of about 5 billion pounds.
Views of a number of experts affirm the reality of the Egyptian economy. To begin with, financial analyst Mohsen Adel, vice-president of the Egyptian Society for the Study of Finance and Investment confirms that Egypt cannot fall into bankruptcy as some claim. The concept of economic bankruptcy is that the State becomes unable to pay its financial obligations and repay its debts, and its banks file for bankruptcy.
?This is not happening at all. Egypt is not lagging behind on debts inherited from the former regime in the worst economic conditions. The devaluation of the Egyptian pound during the past few weeks is about 1%, which does not represent a threat to the local currency.
?Egypt has a cash reserve and fixed income ? including revenues from the Suez Canal, oil and tourism ? that exceed 15 billion dollars annually.?
Meanwhile, Dr. Rifaat Al-Awadi, professor of economics at Al-Azhar University said, ?The bankruptcy trap fables sung so fervently by political parties and politicized media affiliated with the former regime, with chaos and confusion they create with their baseless rumors, do adversely affect the Egyptian economy and have a negative impact on our relationship with foreign markets and our international relations. They also freeze the economic market at home?.
Further, Mohamed Gouda, member of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP)?s Economic Committee, points that those promoting the idea of ??bankruptcy in Egypt either talk without sure knowledge or wish to undermine the country?s stability and prosperity.
?The idea of ??bankruptcy is based on the State?s inability to repay its external debt. This does not exist in the case of Egyptian economy. Debt is currently limited to about US$34 billion. Egypt also makes regular repayments on this debt.
?The current crisis in the Egyptian economy is manifest only in an increase in the budget deficit, which is expected to be about 180 billion Egyptian pounds this year. Additionally, public debt has increased to 135 billion Egyptian pounds. All this costs the State 230 billion pounds in external debt premiums and interest. ?
Dr. Gouda stresses that, despite the severity of this crisis, Egypt has the human and material potential and resources that will enable it to achieve a great economic boom in a short period of time. He denied that the Egyptian economy will fall into bankruptcy in the near future.
?Of course, certain parties deliberately seek to mislead public opinion, spreading panic in the Egyptian society. Evidently, the goal of promoting such lies is to terrorize investors to stop investing their money in Egypt.
?In fact, Egypt?s credit rating was reduced 6 times in the past two years, since the revolution. The report on the latest reduction states that the reason for that is the unrest and turmoil in the political arena. This is reassuring, because those causes of chaos will disappear once state institutions are rebuilt and everyone returns to work and production.?
Dr. Gouda further points that as soon as stability is achieved in the political situation, the World Bank loan contract is signed, and political reforms are carried out, Egypt?s credit rating will rise again, which will certainly allow an outlook of optimism for the Egyptian economy, so investment would return and conditions would generally improve without delay.
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How I Made $60 Just by Asking-Wealth Tip #21
The Day Started Out Badly- While trying to plug in my cell phone charger, I pushed the desktop computer monitor on the floor. I figured it was ruined, but took it to the repair shop just in case it could be fixed. When I got to the shop, they asked for the power cord to see if it functioned. I forgot the cord and drove back home to get ?it.
After the repair guy plugged in the cord, he confirmed it was broken. So I asked if they had a new monitor for sale. If I could buy a new one at a good price, I?d get back to work quickly.
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Are you on the path to get rich? Take the Wealth Predictor Quiz- Wealth Tip #20
Are you on the path to get rich? Take the Wealth Predictor Quiz and find out. ? Life is made up of small decisions every day. Most of the time, you don?t see the impact of your decisions right away. Eat cake with every meal and it will take a bit of time to get fat, but if you continue, you will gain weight!! Spend with abandon and you will not amass wealth. [?]
Easy way to boost retirement funds- Wealth Tip #19
When Yahoo!Finance picked up my retirement article, I was reminded that everyone is worried about the future. Whether you?re young or old, the economic uncertainties and market volatility create anxiety.Today I?ll describe the best strategy for wealth building. Young or older, you can plan all you want, but no one knows for certain how much money you will need in retirement.
Groundbreaking research by scholars Steven Venti of Dartmouth University and David Wise of Harvard found that the greatest determinant of lefetime wealth is a person?s savings rate.
Need more motivation? Jean Chatzky in The Difference found that 55% of self made rich attributed habitual saving to their financial success.
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GET A HIGH RETURN ON YOUR CASH-Barbara Friedberg?s WEALTH TIP # 18
Readers and friends ask me why I don?t write about the great returns I get on cash from investing in peer to peer lending accounts. My pat response is, ?I?m in the business of finance education, not finance promotion?. After one year of investing and earning returns north of 10%, I decided to show you a screenshot of my investments and returns.For a complete picture of where and how to get out-sized returns on your cash, please check out, the screen shot of my [?]
Make $3,600 by managing your clothes spending ? BarbaraFriedberg?s WEALTH TIPS #17
Clothes cost less than ever, exploit the savings.?Inflation makes almost everything more expensive. Yet, clothing costs remain constant over decades.
Make $3,600 with this smart clothes shopping strategy. Here?s how:
Stock up on the classics when they go on sale at the end of the season. Classic slacks, shirts, and ?t shirts, don?t go out of style. At the end of every season, clothes are marked way down. Use that opportunity to buy the items you will wear in the future. My husband loved the Marc Anthony line at Kohl?s but was unwilling to pay $40 for a shirt. At the end of August, he bought the shirt when it dropped to $10. That?s a $30 savings (?)
Use the ?Spaghetti Strategy? for Wealth Building ? Barbara Friedberg?s WEALTH TIPS #16
In?The Start-up of You, by Hoffman and Casnocha, the respective founders of LinkedIn and Zynga shout that, if you aren?t evolving, you are dying. In today?s economy, you need to?add to your skill base,?seek new opportunities, and?prove your value?to your employer. Do not be shy about sharing why you are an important and valuable employee. When I was in my 20?s, dating, and seeking a mate, someone said ?just get on the bus and keep on riding the bus and eventually you will meet your mate?. In other words, keep putting yourself in places where you?ll meet someone, keep putting yourself out there and connecting with people, and eventually you?ll find a partner. After joining countless community involvement groups, networks, and you name it, I eventually found and married my spouse.
( I know it?s the beginning of winter, but these tips still apply!) This year?s getaway is to Vegas! We are taking our daughter and mom on a four day, three night trip. The room and airfare for the four of us is $1,100.00. For those math impaired, that?s $275.00 per person. Of course we?ll need to eat and?have some fun, but I?ll let you know how to do that on the cheap as well. (?)
Tip to Create Lifetime Security and Satisfaction ? BarbaraFriedberg?s WEALTH TIPS #14
A bleak future does not have to be your reality. The theory of life cycle economics purports that the best measure of your financial well being is how much enjoyment you receive from consuming experiences, goods, and services throughout your lifetime. This theory shifts from the view that dollars in the bank equals happiness to the reality that how you live and consume, both now and in the future determines your life satisfaction. Human Capital is the Starting Point Your earning power or human capital equals in the millions of dollars over a lifetime. Every decision you make to consume today, impacts your ability to consume in the future. You want a nice flow of income today, tomorrow, and in retirement.(?)
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VATICAN CITY, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, leading the world's Roman Catholics into Christmas, on Monday urged people to find room for God in their fast-paced lives filled with the latest technological gadgets.
The 85-year-old pope, marking the eighth Christmas season of his pontificate, celebrated a solemn Christmas Eve mass in St Peter's Basilica, during which he appealed for a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict and an end to the civil war in Syria.
At the mass for some 10,000 people in the basilica and broadcast to millions of others on television, the pope wove his homily around the theme of God's place in today's modern world.
"Do we have time and space for him? Do we not actually turn away God himself? We begin to do so when we have no time for him," said the pope, wearing gold and white vestments.
"The faster we can move, the more efficient our time-saving appliances become, the less time we have. And God? The question of God never seems urgent. Our time is already completely full," he said.
The leader of the world's some 1.2 billion Roman Catholics said societies had reached the point where many people's thinking processes did not leave any room even for the existence of God.
"Even if he seems to knock at the door of our thinking, he has to be explained away. If thinking is to be taken seriously, it must be structured in such a way that the 'God hypothesis' becomes superfluous," he said.
"There is no room for him. Not even in our feelings and desires is there any room for him. We want ourselves. We want what we can seize hold of, we want happiness that is within our reach, we want our plans and purposes to succeed. We are so 'full' of ourselves that there is no room left for God."
PEACE CANDLE
Bells inside and outside the basilica chimed when the pope said "Glory to God in the Highest," the words the gospels say the angels sang at the moment of Jesus' birth.
Earlier on Monday the pope appeared at the window of his apartments in the apostolic palace and lit a peace candle, as a larger-than-life nativity scene was unveiled in St Peter's Square below.
Reflecting on the gospel account of Jesus born in a stable because there was no room for Mary and Joseph in the inn, he said when people find no room for God in their lives, they will soon find no room for others.
"Let us ask the Lord that we may become vigilant for his presence, that we may hear how softly yet insistently he knocks at the door of our being and willing.
"Let us ask that we may make room for him within ourselves, that we may recognise him also in those through whom he speaks to us: children, the suffering, the abandoned, those who are excluded and the poor of this world," he said.
He asked for prayers for the people who "live and suffer" in the Holy Land today.
The pope called for peace among Israelis and Palestinians and for the people of Syria, Lebanon and Iraq and prayed that "Christians in those lands where our faith was born may be able to continue living there, that Christians and Muslims may build up their countries side-by-side in God's peace."
The Vatican is concerned about the exodus from the Middle East of Christians, many of whom leave because they fear for their safety. Christians now comprise five percent of the population of the region, down from 20 percent a century ago.
According to some estimates, the current population of 12 million Christians in the Middle East could halve by 2020 if security and birth rates continue to decline.
At noon (1100 GMT/6 AM ET) the pope will deliver his twice-yearly "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) blessing and message from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica. (Reporting By Philip Pullella; Editing by Myra MacDonald)
Sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll and the Apocalypse: 2012 had it all. But only 10 stories about the past year's strangest scientific research can make it into our Weird Science hall of fame ? so we're going to need your help.
I worked with OSL productions to edit and help with parts of the filming of this video to send out to companies interested in sponsoring my boyfriend. It was filmed in Leucadia, California we used a fisheye camera, and edited on iMovie. Although it looks sloppy, casual and thrown together, editing it to make it look completely effortless took more time than it did to film the entire thing. The random parts where they fall or mess up is hard to determine wether or not to leave it in the video or take it out because if you take out too many parts where they fall, then it doesn't feel as genuine. I kept all the clips of goofing around, I just shortened them to not distract from the main purpose of the video. This was released a year ago and the last time I talked to him he told me he eventually got sponsored by two of the companies we sent the video to, and he is now competing regularly. Feedback and advice would be nice even if you don't have background in film http://vimeo.com/30288589
Deforestation in the Amazon equals net losses of diversity for microbial communitiesPublic release date: 24-Dec-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Traci Peterson tpeterso@uta.edu 817-521-5494 University of Texas at Arlington
Research from an international team of microbiologists has revealed a new concern about deforestation in the Amazon rainforest a troubling net loss in the diversity among the microbial organisms responsible for a functioning ecosystem.
The group, which includes professors from The University of Texas at Arlington, University of Oregon, University of Massachusetts, Michigan State University and University of Sao Paulo, sampled a 100 square kilometer area, about 38 square miles, in the Fazenda Nova Vida site in Rondnia, Brazil, a location where rainforest has been converted to agricultural use. Their findings in part validated previous research showing that bacteria in the soil became more diverse over the years, as it was converted to pasture.
But their findings contradicted prior thinking by showing that the loss of restricted ranges for different kinds of bacteria communities resulted in a biotic homogenization and net loss of diversity overall. Scientists worry that the loss of genetic variation in bacteria across a converted forest could reduce ecosystem resilience.
"We have known for a long time that conversion of rainforest land in the Amazon for agriculture results in a loss of biodiversity in plants and animals. Now we know that microbial communities which are so important to the ecosystem also suffer significant losses," said Jorge Rodrigues, the University of Texas at Arlington assistant biology professor who was part of the research team and is first author on a recent publication of the findings.
The new research is described in a paper appearing online the week of Dec. 24-28 in advance of publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper is called "Conversion of the Amazon rainforest to agriculture results in biotic homogenization of soil bacterial communities."
Klaus Nsslein, project director for the published research and associate professor of microbiology at the University of Massachusetts, said the team found important differences between the pasture and forest soil. For example, the number of bacterial species in the pasture soil was higher, but those species were also less related to one another than species in the forest soil.
"The combination of loss of forest species and the homogenization of pasture communities together signal that this ecosystem is now a lot less capable to deal with additional outside stress," Nsslein said.
In addition to Rodrigues and Nsslein, co-authors of the paper include: Babur Mirza, UT Arlington; Vivian Pellizari, Siu Mui Tsai, Brigitte Feigl and Fabiana Paula, the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil); Rebecca Mueller and Brendan Bohannan, University of Oregon; Kyunghwa Baek and George Hamaoui, University of Massachusetts; Ederson da C. Jesus, Embrapa-Agrobiologia (Brazil) and James Tiedje, Michigan State University.
"Our findings are especially important because they support the idea that microbes are impacted by human-caused environmental change," said Bohannan, director of the University of Oregon's Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. This knowledge is important because microbes are responsible for critical environmental processes, such as the recycling of nutrients, the production of clean water and the removal of pollutants, Bohannan said.
Tiedje said the unique study was conducted on a scale that had not been attempted before.
"The systematic and large-scale sampling design of this study gave us the power to see the homogenization," he said.
Scientists on the research team hope their work will provide valuable data to those making decisions about the future of the Amazon rainforest.
"The Amazon represents half of the world's rainforest and is home to one-third of Earth's species, yet the Amazon has one of the highest rates of deforestation," co-authors Pellizari, Tsai and Feigl said in a joint statement. "Agriculture is one of the largest and most dynamic parts of Brazil's economy, so dealing with standing rainforests in the tropics will be tricky, but nevertheless, it is vital that the issue is tackled."
Rodrigues said the research team is currently compiling findings about the potential for recovery of the microbial diversity after pastureland is abandoned and returned to "secondary forest."
"Whether bacterial diversity will completely recover from ecosystem conversion will depend in part on whether the taxa lost due to conversion are truly locally extinct or whether they are present in the pasture sites but of such low abundance that they are undetectable in our study," the paper said.
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The research team's work was supported by grants from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES) and the Fundao de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de So Paulo (FAPESP).
Jorge Rodrigues' work is part of the far-reaching scientific research under way at The University of Texas at Arlington, a comprehensive research institution of more than 33,200 students and more than 2,200 faculty members in the heart of North Texas. Visit www.uta.edu to learn more.
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Deforestation in the Amazon equals net losses of diversity for microbial communitiesPublic release date: 24-Dec-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Traci Peterson tpeterso@uta.edu 817-521-5494 University of Texas at Arlington
Research from an international team of microbiologists has revealed a new concern about deforestation in the Amazon rainforest a troubling net loss in the diversity among the microbial organisms responsible for a functioning ecosystem.
The group, which includes professors from The University of Texas at Arlington, University of Oregon, University of Massachusetts, Michigan State University and University of Sao Paulo, sampled a 100 square kilometer area, about 38 square miles, in the Fazenda Nova Vida site in Rondnia, Brazil, a location where rainforest has been converted to agricultural use. Their findings in part validated previous research showing that bacteria in the soil became more diverse over the years, as it was converted to pasture.
But their findings contradicted prior thinking by showing that the loss of restricted ranges for different kinds of bacteria communities resulted in a biotic homogenization and net loss of diversity overall. Scientists worry that the loss of genetic variation in bacteria across a converted forest could reduce ecosystem resilience.
"We have known for a long time that conversion of rainforest land in the Amazon for agriculture results in a loss of biodiversity in plants and animals. Now we know that microbial communities which are so important to the ecosystem also suffer significant losses," said Jorge Rodrigues, the University of Texas at Arlington assistant biology professor who was part of the research team and is first author on a recent publication of the findings.
The new research is described in a paper appearing online the week of Dec. 24-28 in advance of publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper is called "Conversion of the Amazon rainforest to agriculture results in biotic homogenization of soil bacterial communities."
Klaus Nsslein, project director for the published research and associate professor of microbiology at the University of Massachusetts, said the team found important differences between the pasture and forest soil. For example, the number of bacterial species in the pasture soil was higher, but those species were also less related to one another than species in the forest soil.
"The combination of loss of forest species and the homogenization of pasture communities together signal that this ecosystem is now a lot less capable to deal with additional outside stress," Nsslein said.
In addition to Rodrigues and Nsslein, co-authors of the paper include: Babur Mirza, UT Arlington; Vivian Pellizari, Siu Mui Tsai, Brigitte Feigl and Fabiana Paula, the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil); Rebecca Mueller and Brendan Bohannan, University of Oregon; Kyunghwa Baek and George Hamaoui, University of Massachusetts; Ederson da C. Jesus, Embrapa-Agrobiologia (Brazil) and James Tiedje, Michigan State University.
"Our findings are especially important because they support the idea that microbes are impacted by human-caused environmental change," said Bohannan, director of the University of Oregon's Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. This knowledge is important because microbes are responsible for critical environmental processes, such as the recycling of nutrients, the production of clean water and the removal of pollutants, Bohannan said.
Tiedje said the unique study was conducted on a scale that had not been attempted before.
"The systematic and large-scale sampling design of this study gave us the power to see the homogenization," he said.
Scientists on the research team hope their work will provide valuable data to those making decisions about the future of the Amazon rainforest.
"The Amazon represents half of the world's rainforest and is home to one-third of Earth's species, yet the Amazon has one of the highest rates of deforestation," co-authors Pellizari, Tsai and Feigl said in a joint statement. "Agriculture is one of the largest and most dynamic parts of Brazil's economy, so dealing with standing rainforests in the tropics will be tricky, but nevertheless, it is vital that the issue is tackled."
Rodrigues said the research team is currently compiling findings about the potential for recovery of the microbial diversity after pastureland is abandoned and returned to "secondary forest."
"Whether bacterial diversity will completely recover from ecosystem conversion will depend in part on whether the taxa lost due to conversion are truly locally extinct or whether they are present in the pasture sites but of such low abundance that they are undetectable in our study," the paper said.
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The research team's work was supported by grants from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES) and the Fundao de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de So Paulo (FAPESP).
Jorge Rodrigues' work is part of the far-reaching scientific research under way at The University of Texas at Arlington, a comprehensive research institution of more than 33,200 students and more than 2,200 faculty members in the heart of North Texas. Visit www.uta.edu to learn more.
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Edmonds Military Wire: What the fiscal cliff could mean to you
By Michael Schinder
We are only days away from finding out whether or not we as a nation take a dive off this ominous, politically charged fiscal cliff ? and there is much uncertainty and question around how we will do it. Will we do a ?Thelma and Louise? and go charging off or will it be a more gradual dive, like that of a swan coming in for a landing?
Either way, we are going down, not up. And no matter who you are, you will likely feel the impact.
Last week, at the Puget Sound Regional Council?s Defense Partnership meeting, we were informed that our national budget will not be passed and that we will once again be under a CR (Continuing Resolution) for FY13. Fiscal cliff or not, this failure to pass a budget is not good. We also learned that our great state of Washington has some $5 billion in military construction backlog. Under a CR, no new contracts will be issued and as one company CEO expressed to the Congressional representatives in the room, this will cost hundreds of jobs in the Puget Sound region.
But hey, that?s only one data point. How bad can this ?fiscal cliff? thing really be? Hold on ? the experts (and TIME magazine) say it won?t be pretty.
While we all lived to see another day despite the end of the Mayan calendar, come 12:01 am on Jan 1, 2013 the Bush-era income tax cuts expire and that means a tax hike for all earners. Taxes on capital gains and dividends will go up as well. But that last point only affects the rich guys, right?
What if you?re not rich (which in today?s terms means you?re unemployed)? If you?ve been relying on the federal extension for your state unemployment benefits, you may be one of the 2.1 million Americans who will find no check on the day it usually arrives.
For those who are employed, your checks (and mine) will be at least 2 percent smaller because of the expiration of the payroll tax cut. If you earn $50,000 a year, that works out to be about $40 a paycheck. Powdered milk never tasted so good.
If you are in the military, or support the defense industry, expect continued and perhaps even increased troop strength reductions ? and don?t expect a raise. The sequester kicks in on Jan. 2 and that will trigger over 9 percent in defense spending cuts. The Pentagon has been preparing for the sequestration (just in case Congress couldn?t do their job), so it won?t be a huge ripple to the system when it first hits; but moving forward, until the budget standoff is resolved, new contracts are frozen and hundreds of programs and projects will either be delayed, indefinitely suspended, or killed all together. With Boeing and the general defense industry being a significant employer in this state, this will impact the Puget Sound.
It isn?t all bad news though. According to TIME, CEOs with large companies are ?racing to pay dividends before the fiscal cliff.? So, just maybe, your CEO?s heart will grow three sizes before the New Year and you?ll get a nice cash bonus. If this happens, put the cash in your sock drawer for that ?just in case? moment.
So, Happy New Year all ? what the ?fiscal cliff? means to you is that you get a tax hike and a pay cut (or no check). Some of you will have to cut out your coffee budget ? and then we?ll have grumpy people for 2013. Oh joy.
Michael Schindler, Navy veteran, and president of Edmonds-based Operation Military Family, is a guest writer for several national publications, author of the book ?Operation Military Family? and ?The Military Wire? blog. He is also a popular keynote and workshop speaker who reaches thousands of service members and their families every year through workshops and seminars that include? ?How to Battle-Ready Your Relationship? or ?What Your Mother-in-Law Didn?t Tell You.?? He received the 2010 Outstanding Patriotic Service Award from the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs.
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INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - An Indianapolis judge Monday entered not guilty pleas on behalf of three people charged in the November house explosion that killed two people and damaged scores of homes, officials said.
Monserrate Shirley and Mark Leonard, who lived in the home that exploded, and Leonard's brother, Bob Leonard Jr., were charged last week with murder and multiple counts of arson.
Investigators said the three blew up Shirley's home to collect insurance money to pay off gambling and credit card debts.
Killed in the blast were Jennifer and John Longworth, who lived next door. Twelve people were injured and 33 neighborhood homes had to be demolished, prosecutors said.
The pleas were entered by Marion County Superior Court Judge Sheila Carlisle, according to Brienne Delaney, a spokeswoman for the Marion County Prosecutor's office. It is typical in Indiana for a judge to enter pleas on suspects' behalf, Delaney explained.
Shirley's attorney, Randall Cable, said he was awaiting information on prosecutors' evidence against his client.
"We're waiting to receive discovery from the prosecutors to see what they have beyond a lot of innuendo," Cable said.
The Leonards had public defenders appointed for them.
Investigators believe a programmable microwave that exploded from the inside out was the source of ignition, and valves that regulate natural gas into the home and to a fireplace were removed, allowing gas to build up over hours.
The personal property insurance on the home had been raised recently to $304,000 and photographs and personal financial records were removed before the explosion, prosecutors allege.
All three suspects are being held without bond. They could face the death penalty or life without parole if found guilty.
A trial is set for March 4.
(Reporting By Mary Wisniewski; editing by Jim Marshall)
?Egyptian economy in intensive care?, ?Egypt economy is headed towards collapse and complete bankruptcy ?, ?Egyptian economy is in free-fall? and ?Egypt on brink of deep economic crisis? blasted some Egyptian media in the current post-referendum phase of their vicious and desperate campaign, as the country?s credit rating is reduced, with a clear negative impact on investment projects.
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