Thursday, February 14, 2013

34,000 Troops to Come Home | KTXL FOX40

SACRAMENTO -

President Obama?s announcement that 34,000 troops will come home from Afghanistan within one year is welcome news here at home.? It also brings to mind the need for veteran support services.

?They?re going to need appropriate mental health screening,? said Robert Hale, a counselor at the Sacramento Veterans Resource Center.? ?They?re going to need access to mental health services.? And probably one of the biggest things they?re going to need is acceptance from the people here in America for the?job that they?ve done over there.?

After announcing the troop drawdown in his State of the Union address, President Obama said, ?We will keep faith?with our veterans, investing in world class care, including mental health care.?

The services of the Veterans Resource Center, which include employment counseling and training, are available free of charge to the vets.

Source: http://fox40.com/2013/02/12/34000-troops-to-come-home/

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USC battery wields silicon nanowires to hold triple the energy, charge in 10 minutes

USC battery wields silicon nanowires to hold triple the energy, charge in 10 minutes

There's no shortage of attempts to build a better battery, usually with a few caveats. USC may have ticked all the right checkboxes with its latest discovery, however. Its use of porous, flexible silicon nanowires for the anodes in a lithium-ion battery delivers the high capacity, fast recharging and low costs that come with silicon, but without the fragility of earlier attempts relying on simpler silicon plates. In practice, the battery could deliver the best of all worlds. Triple the capacity of today's batteries? Full recharges in 10 minutes? More than 2,000 charging cycles? Check. It all sounds a bit fantastical, but USC does see real-world use on the horizon. Researchers estimate that there should be products with silicon-equipped lithium-ion packs inside of two to three years, which isn't long to wait if the invention saves us from constantly hunting for the nearest wall outlet.

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/13/usc-battery-wields-silicon-nanowires-to-hold-triple-the-energy/

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Rubio: 'The Government Can't Change The Weather - Huffington Post

  • President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

  • Barack Obama

    Vice President Joe Biden applauds as President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio sits at right. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

  • President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

  • President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, gestures as he gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

  • Carolyn Murray wipes her eye as she holds a photo of her son Justin during President Barack Obama' State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. Murray was shot and killed in Evanston, Ill. Nov. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

  • Barack Obama

    House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens at right as President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

  • First lady Michelle Obama is applauded before President Barck Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. Front row, from left are, Sgt. Sheena Adms, Nathaniel Pendleton, Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton, Mrs, Obama, Menchu de Luna Sanchez and Jill Biden. Second row, third from left are, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, Deb Carey and Apple CEO Tim Cook Amanda McMillian, Lt. Brian Murphy, (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

  • Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John Boehner

    President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, gestures as he gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

  • First lady Michelle Obama stands with Cleopatra Cowley-Pendelton before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

  • Barack Obama

    President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, gestures as State of the Union address during a jointhe gives his session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

  • Secretary of State John Kerry applauds as President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. Vice President Joe Biden is at left, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio is second from right. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

  • Not Impressed

    Ted Nugent listens during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

  • President Barack Obama gestures while giving his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

  • Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly watch President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

  • Barack Obama

    President Barack Obama gestures as he gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

  • President Barack Obama gestures as he gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

  • Barack Obama

    President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

  • House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. applauds during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

  • President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio applaud during the president's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

  • House Budget Committee Chairman Rep.Paul Ryan, R-Wis. applauds during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

  • State Of Union

  • President Barack Obama waves and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio applauds after the president gave his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

  • First lady Michelle Obama is applauded before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. Front row, from left are, Nathaniel Pendleton, Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton, Mrs. Obama, Menchu Sanchez and Jill Biden. Second row, from left are, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, Deb Carey, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amanda McMillan, Lt. Brian Murphy and Marie Lopez Rogers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

  • President Barack Obama shakes hands as he leaves after giving his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

  • President Barack Obama greets outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta after the president gave his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

  • President Barack Obama is greeted by Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., second from left, Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., right, before giving his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

  • President Barack Obama has lipstick wiped from his face as he arrive to give his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

  • President Barack Obama is greeted after giving his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

  • State Of Union

  • Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. greets President Barack Obama after the president gave his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

  • President Barack Obama leaves after giving his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

  • Patrick Leahy & Harry Reid

    Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., left, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 for President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington.

  • The Gang Is All Here

    From left, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. sit on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress .

  • Joe Biden & John Boehner

    Vice President Joe Biden talks with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013.

  • President Barack Obama gestures toward Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio before giving his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

  • Desiline Victor, 102, of Miami is applauded by White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, right, and others, during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

  • Joe Biden Arrives

    Vice President Joe Biden, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee, D-Texas, right, and others arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2103, for President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress.

  • Secretary of State John Kerry, right, greets Sen.Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., center, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

  • Paul Ryan

    House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. arrives for President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

  • President Obama Delivers State Of The Union Address

    WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 12: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) waves before giving his State of the Union address as U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) look on during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on February 12, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Facing a divided Congress, Obama is expected to focus his speech on new initiatives designed to stimulate the U.S. economy. (Photo by Charles Dharapak-Pool/Getty Images)

  • President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

  • Ted Nugent Arrived

    Ted Nuggent awaits the start of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

  • Tim Cook

    Apple CEO Tim Cook sits as a guest of first lady Michelle Obama prior to the start of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress, Tuesday, Feb.12, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

  • Robert Menendez

    Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. arrives for President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

  • House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. listen as President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

  • State Of Union

  • Desiline Victor

    Desiline Victor, 102, of Miami, awaits the start of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013.

  • President Barack Obama is applauded as he gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

  • Reporters listen and work as President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

  • First lady Michelle Obama, front row, center, and other, listen as President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. Front row, from left are, Sgt. Sheena Adams, Nathanial Pendleton, Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton, Mrs. Obama, Menchu Sanchez, Jill Biden, Kaitlin Roif and Alan Aleman.Second row, from from left are, Deb Carey, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amanda McMillan, Lt. Brian Murphy, Marie Lopez Rogers and Bradley Henning. Third row, third from left are,Tracey Hepner, Haile Thomas, Lee Maxwell, Sgt. Carlos Evand and White House seniot adviser Valerie Jarrett, (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

  • Ted Nugents listens as President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

  • Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/13/marco-rubio-climate-change_n_2679810.html

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    Saturday, February 9, 2013

    Mountain manhunt for ex-cop accused of killing 3

    In this image provided by the Irvine, Calif., Police Department via The Orange County Register, former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Jordan Dorner is shown. Dorner is a suspect in the killings of Monica Quan and her fiance, Keith Lawrence, who were found shot to death in their car at a parking structure Sunday night. (AP Photo/Irvine Police Department via The Orange County Register)

    In this image provided by the Irvine, Calif., Police Department via The Orange County Register, former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Jordan Dorner is shown. Dorner is a suspect in the killings of Monica Quan and her fiance, Keith Lawrence, who were found shot to death in their car at a parking structure Sunday night. (AP Photo/Irvine Police Department via The Orange County Register)

    Police respond in Riverside, Calif., early Thursday morning, Feb. 7, 2013, after one officer was killed and another critically wounded in a shoot out with a murder suspect. Police were searching for a former Los Angeles police officer sought for two weekend killings , and who threatened to kill police. There were two separate overnight shootings about 60 miles east of Los Angeles in Riverside County that investigators believe involved former LA police officer Christopher Dorner, who's also the main suspect in the weekend killing of a couple whose bodies were found in Irvine. He was fired in 2008 for making false statements. (AP Photo/Kevin Warn)

    Police respond in Riverside, Calif., early Thursday morning, Feb. 7, 2013, after one officer was killed and another critically wounded in a shoot out with a murder suspect. Police were searching for a former Los Angeles police officer sought for two weekend killings ? and who threatened to kill police. (AP Photo/Kevin Warn)

    Police respond in Riverside, Calif., early Thursday morning, Feb. 7, 2013, after one officer was killed and another critically wounded in a shoot out with a murder suspect. Police were searching for a former Los Angeles police officer sought for two weekend killings ? and who threatened to kill police. (AP Photo/Kevin Warn)

    FILE - This undated file photo provided by Cal State Fullerton on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, shows Cal State Fullerton assistant women's NCAA college basketball coach Monica Quan in Fullerton, Calif. Quan and her fiance Keith Lawrence were found shot to death Sunday night on the top floor of a parking structure at the complex, police said. Former LAPD officer and U.S. Navy reservist Christopher Jordan Dorner, 33, is a suspect in the killings. (AP Photo/Cal State Fullerton, File)

    (AP) ? A fired police officer who threatened to bring "warfare" to the Los Angeles Police Department went on a shooting rampage that left a policeman and two others dead and set off an extraordinary manhunt Thursday that put Southern California on edge, led hair-trigger officers to mistakenly shoot at innocent citizens and forced police to guard their own.

    The search for Christopher Dorner had three states and Mexico on alert before shifting Thursday afternoon to the snowy mountains around Big Bear Lake, about 80 miles east of Los Angeles, where police found his burned-out pickup truck and tracks leading away from the vehicle.

    San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said 125 officers were going door to door and attempting to track the suspect, and that a SWAT team was providing added security to those in the community. Schools were put on lockdown while investigators examined the vehicle and spread out across the area.

    "He could be anywhere at this point, and that's why we're searching door to door," McMahon said, adding that the manhunt would continue "as long as we can." A snow storm was expected in the region with temperatures dipping into the teens overnight.

    Said LAPD Assistant Chief Michel Moore: "This complex and violent investigation has led to this mountain."

    The pickup was to be processed at a crime lab Thursday evening and examined by investigators from multiple agencies.

    Throughout the day, thousands of heavily armed officers patrolled highways throughout Southern California, while some stood guard outside the homes of people police say Dorner vowed to attack in a rant posted online. Electronic billboards, which usually alert motorists about the commute, urged them to call 911 if they saw him.

    "I will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare" to Los Angeles Police Department officers, on or off duty, said the manifesto. It also asserted: "Unfortunately, I will not be alive to see my name cleared. That's what this is about, my name. A man is nothing without his name."

    Dorner, 33, had several weapons including an assault rifle, said police Chief Charlie Beck, who urged him to surrender at a press conference held amid heightened security in an underground room at police headquarters.

    "Of course he knows what he's doing; we trained him. He was also a member of the Armed Forces," he said. "It is extremely worrisome and scary."

    The nearly 10,000-member LAPD dispatched officers to protect more than 40 potential targets, including police officers and their families. The department also pulled officers from motorcycle duty, fearing they would make for easy targets.

    "I never had the opportunity to have a family of my own, I'm terminating yours," the manifesto said.

    At one point, officers guarding one location mistakenly opened fire on a pickup truck, believing it matched the description of Dorner's dark-colored 2005 Nissan Titan. Two occupants were injured.

    The chief said there had been a "night of extreme tragedy in the Los Angeles area" and that the department was taking measures to ensure the safety of officers.

    The search for Dorner, who was fired from the LAPD in 2008 for making false statements, began after he was linked to a weekend killing in which one of the victims was the daughter of a former police captain who had represented him during his disciplinary hearing. Thursday was the anniversary of his first day on the job at the department eight years ago.

    Monica Quan and her fiance, Keith Lawrence, were found shot in their car at a parking structure at their condominium on Sunday in Irvine. Quan, 28, was an assistant women's basketball coach at Cal State Fullerton. Lawrence, 27, was a public safety officer at the University of Southern California.

    Police said Dorner implicated himself in the couple's killings in the manifesto posted on Facebook. They believe he was the one who wrote it because there were details in it only he would know.

    In the post, Dorner wrote that he knew he would be vilified by the LAPD and the news media, but that "unfortunately, this is a necessary evil that I do not enjoy but must partake and complete for substantial change to occur within the LAPD and reclaim my name."

    Dorner was with the LAPD from 2005 until 2008.

    According to documents from a court of appeals hearing, Dorner was fired from the LAPD after he made a complaint against his field training officer, Sgt. Teresa Evans. Dorner said that in the course of an arrest, Evans kicked suspect Christopher Gettler, a schizophrenic with severe dementia.

    Richard Gettler, the schizophrenic man's father, gave testimony that supported Dorner's claim. After his son was returned home on July 28, 2007, Richard Gettler asked "if he had been in a fight because his face was puffy" and his son responded that he was kicked twice in the chest by a police officer.

    Quan's father, a former LAPD captain who became a lawyer in retirement, represented Dorner in front of the Board of Rights, a tribunal that ruled against Dorner, police said. Randal Quan retired in 2002 and later served as chief of police at Cal Poly Pomona before he started practicing law. Quan did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

    Dorner said in his online rant that after his dismissal that he lost everything, including his relationships with his mother, sister and close friends.

    "Self-preservation is no longer important to me. I do not fear death as I died long ago," the manifesto said. "I was told by my mother that sometimes bad things happen to good people. I refuse to accept that."

    Dorner said he would use all of his training to avoid capture and track his targets.

    Dorner also had served in the Naval Reserves, earning a rifle marksman ribbon and pistol expert medal. He was assigned to a naval undersea warfare unit and various aviation training units, according to military records, and took a leave from the LAPD and deployed to Bahrain in 2006 and 2007.

    "I will utilize every bit of small arms training, demolition, ordinance and survival training I've been given," the manifesto read. "You have misjudged a sleeping giant."

    Earlier Thursday, two LAPD officers en route to provide security to one of Dorner's possible targets, were flagged down by a resident at a gas station in Corona who reporting seeing the suspect. The officers then followed a pickup truck until it stopped. The driver, believed to be Dorner, got out and fired a rifle, police said. A bullet grazed an officer's head.

    Later, two officers on routine patrol in neighboring Riverside were ambushed at a stoplight by a motorist who drove up next to them and opened fire with a rifle. One died and the other was seriously wounded but was expected to survive, Riverside police Chief Sergio Diaz said.

    Diaz said news organizations should withhold the officers' names because the suspect had made clear that he considers police and their families "fair game."

    The hunt for Dorner also led to two errant shootings in the pre-dawn darkness Thursday.

    LAPD officers guarding a target named in the manifesto shot and wounded two women in suburban Torrance who were in a pickup truck, authorities said. Beck said one woman was in stable condition with two gunshot wounds and the other was being released after treatment.

    "Tragically we believe this was a case of mistaken identity by the officers," Beck said.

    Minutes later, Torrance officers responding to a report of gunshots encountered a dark pickup matching the description of Dorner's, police said. A collision occurred and the officers fired on the pickup. The unidentified driver was not hit and it turned out not to be the suspect vehicle, they said.

    In San Diego, where police say Dorner tied up an elderly man and unsuccessfully tried to steal his boat Wednesday night, Naval Base Point Loma was locked down Thursday after a Navy worker reported seeing someone who resembled Dorner.

    Navy Cmdr. Brad Fagan said officials believe Dorner had checked into a base hotel on Tuesday and left the next day without checking out. Numerous agencies guarded the base on Thursday. Fagan said Dorner was honorably discharged and that his last day in the Navy was last Friday.

    Nevada authorities also joined the search, because Dorner owns a house nine miles from the Las Vegas Strip, according to authorities and property records.

    ___

    Associated Press writers contributing to this report include Jeff Wilson, Bob Jablon, Greg Risling, Shaya Tayefe Mohajer, Linda Deutsch and John Antczak in Los Angeles and Ken Ritter in Las Vegas.

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    France, Britain promise punishment in horsemeat scandal

    PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - The French and British governments promised on Saturday to punish those found responsible for selling horsemeat in beef products at the heart of a growing scandal that started in Britain but is quickly spreading to France.

    French Consumer Affairs Minister Benoit Hamon said an investigation had found that the horsemeat had originated in Romania, although there were links with French, Dutch and Cypriot firms and a factory in Luxembourg.

    British environment minister Owen Paterson said more cases of contaminated food could emerge as British retailers conducted tests for horsemeat on processed beef products. The scandal threatens to affect consumer confidence in Europe's giant food industry, with pressure rising for greater checks.

    The British unit of frozen foods group Findus began a recall this week of its beef lasagne from retailers on advice from its French supplier, Comigel, over concerns that some packs contained high levels of horsemeat.

    Findus France said it too had recalled lasagne and two other products after discovering that they included horsemeat from Romania rather than beef from France as it had thought.

    Hamon said an EU-wide alert had been sent out and that it was not yet clear whether there had been an intentional fraud or the meat had been sold as beef by accident.

    "I can assure you that, whether it's a question of negligence or direct responsibility, there will be sanctions," Hamon said on iTele television.

    LEGAL COMPLAINT

    Findus France Director General Matthieu Lambeaux said in a statement the company would file a legal complaint on Monday.

    "We thought we had certified French beef in our products. But in reality, we were supplied with Romanian horsemeat. We have been deceived," Lambeaux said.

    Hamon said a Luxembourg factory had been supplied by the French firm Poujol, which had bought the meat frozen from a Cypriot trader, who in turn sub-contracted the order to a Dutch trader supplied by a Romanian abattoir.

    However, Findus's supplier Comigel, a frozen foods producer based in eastern France, told a newspaper it had bought the meat from another French company, supplied from a Romanian abattoir.

    Romanian authorities said they would punish any violations if the reports were confirmed.

    "The agriculture ministry and food safety authority will try to identify as soon as possible whether the (meat) comes from Romania. If legislation was broken, they will punish such practices that damage the image of the entire industry," Romania's agriculture ministry said.

    In Britain Findus said it believed the contamination was deliberate.

    "The early results from Findus UK's internal investigation strongly suggests that the horsemeat contamination in beef lasagne was not accidental," it said.

    Findus's product recall was followed in Britain by supermarket chain Aldi, which withdrew two frozen beef products supplied by Comigel after they tested positive for horsemeat.

    Paterson summoned Britain's leading food retailers and representatives of food processors to an emergency meeting at his office in London on Saturday to discuss the crisis.

    He said participants were determined to get to the bottom of a scandal which he said was either caused by "gross incompetence or what I suspect is an international criminal conspiracy".

    Britain's government is under pressure to appear on top of the scandal, which comes less than a month after supermarket chain Tesco and fast food outlet Burger King found horsemeat in beef burgers from an Irish supplier.

    Britons generally do not eat horsemeat, regarding its consumption as a quirk of French appetites. However, the meat has also fallen out of favor with consumers in France.

    (Additional reporting by Luiza Ilie in Bucharest and Chine Labbe in Paris; Editing by Stephen Powell and Jason Webb)

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/france-promises-punishment-horsemeat-scandal-164817201--finance.html

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    Asteroid may have killed dinosaurs quicker than scientists thought

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida | Fri Feb 8, 2013 4:56am EST

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Dinosaurs died off about 33,000 years after an asteroid hit the Earth, much sooner than scientists had believed, and the asteroid may not have been the sole cause of extinction, according to a study released Thursday.

    Earth's climate may have been at a tipping point when a massive asteroid smashed into what is now Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and triggered cooling temperatures that wiped out the dinosaurs, researchers said.

    The time between the asteroid's arrival, marked by a 110-mile-(180-km-)wide crater near Chicxulub, Mexico, and the dinosaurs' demise was believed to be as long as 300,000 years.

    The study, based on high-precision radiometric dating techniques, said the events occurred within 33,000 years of each other.

    Other scientists had questioned whether dinosaurs died before the asteroid impact.

    "Our work basically puts a nail in that coffin," geologist Paul Renne of the University of California Berkeley said.

    The theory that the dinosaurs' extinction about 66 million years ago was linked to an asteroid impact was first proposed in 1980. The biggest piece of evidence was the so-called Chicxulub (pronounced "cheek'-she-loob") crater off the Yucatan coast in Mexico.

    It is believed to have been formed by a six-mile-(9.6-km-) wide object that melted rock as it slammed into the ground, filling the atmosphere with debris that eventually rained down on the planet. Glassy spheres known as tektites, shocked quartz and a layer of iridium-rich dust are still found around the world today.

    Renne and colleagues reanalyzed both the dinosaur extinction date and the crater formation event and found they occurred within a much tighter window in time than previously known. The study looked at tektites from Haiti, tied to the asteroid impact site, and volcanic ash from the Hell Creek Formation in Montana, a source of many dinosaur fossils.

    NEW DATING TECHNIQUE

    "The previous data that we had ... actually said that they (the tektites and the ash) were different in age, that they differed by about 180,000 years and that the extinction happened before the impact, which would totally preclude there being a causal relationship," said Renne, who studies ties between mass extinctions and volcanism.

    He and colleagues were comparing a new technique to date geologic events when they realized there was a discrepancy in the timing - the so-called 'K-T boundary' - the geological span of time between the Cretaceous and Paleocene periods when the dinosaurs and most other life on Earth died out.

    "I realized there was a lot of room for improvement. Even though many people had locked in their opinions that the impact and the extinctions were synchronous or not, they were basically ignoring the existing data," Renne said.

    The study, published in Science, resolves existing uncertainty about the relative timing of the events, notes Heiko P?like of the Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen, Germany.

    Renne, for one, does not believe the asteroid impact was the sole reason for the dinosaurs' demise. He says ecosystems already were in a state of deterioration due to a major volcanic eruption in India when the asteroid struck.

    The asteroid strike "provided the coup-de-grace for the final extinctions," Renne said, adding that the theory was speculative, but backed by previous ties between mass extinction events and volcanic eruptions.

    About 1 million years before the impact, Earth experienced six abrupt shifts in temperature of more than 2 degrees in continental mean annual temperatures, according to research cited by Renne and his co-authors.

    The temperature swings include one shift of 6 to 8 degrees that happened about 100,000 years before the extinction.

    "The brief cold snaps in the latest Cretaceous, though not necessarily of extraordinary magnitude, were particularly stressful to a global ecosystem that was well adapted to the long-lived preceding Cretaceous hothouse climate. The Chicxulub impact then provided a decisive blow to ecosystems," Renne and his co-authors wrote in Science.

    (Editing by Tom Brown and Stacey Joyce)

    Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/CpSlATWnh7c/us-space-asteroid-dinosaurs-idUSBRE91618A20130208

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    Friday, February 8, 2013

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    Choosing Between a House and Apartment ? The Gin Lady

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    Apartment housing has grown in popularity, possibly due to the rise of single-person households or households without children. Apartment housing might also be popular with baby boomers who are looking to downsize as their children leave the family home. However, houses still offer a number of benefits. We look at the benefits of each type of property and which might be best for you.

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    Benefits of apartments

    Lower cost

    Apartments are generally cheaper to buy or to rent than houses, and so you might be able to choose a property located in a more convenient location closer to the inner city to cut down on commuting time if you buy an apartment instead of a house. Hence, choosing to buy an apartment rather than a house could enable new home buyers to save up more quickly, as they?ll need a smaller deposit for their home loans.

    Less maintenance

    While you?ll usually need to pay body corporate or strata title fees, there is usually less maintenance work to do if you live in an apartment. Most of the common areas such as hallways, common garden areas, and other shared spaces will be taken care of by the body corporate.

    Convenient lifestyle

    Less maintenance usually means a more convenient lifestyle. In addition to possible location advantages, this could help you save more time, which can be important if you?re living a busy lifestyle.

    Location

    If you?re on a tight budget for your property purchase, you might be able to buy in a better location closer to the inner city (or closer to your workplace) if you opt for an apartment instead of a house.

    Benefits of houses

    Spaciousness

    Houses offer more space for living than most apartments. For a family with children, this can be a vital factor.

    Garden and outdoor living

    Houses also tend to offer more variety in the types of living spaces available, with more outdoor living and indoor living spaces. You could have an outdoor kitchen, a patio, a deck, and a large garden for greater enjoyment. These, if available, tend to be shared spaces in apartment housing.

    Privacy

    As houses (other than townhouses and units) usually don?t have shared or communal areas such as hallways or shared driveways, they can offer more privacy.

    No strata title or body corporate fees

    No strata title or body corporate could mean you have greater freedom to make changes to your home, though this is probably more relevant if you?re renting rather than buying. For example, you might be able to upgrade and switch to renewable energy systems such as natural gas or solar power with greater ease.

    Capital growth

    If you?re buying, a house could offer more capital growth than an apartment, though this would depend on factors such as the location and other features in the house.

    Houses vs. apartments

    While houses are more expensive than apartments, there are major advantages to living in a house. Houses are spacious, they offer more privacy, and they usually provide more outdoor living spaces.

    However, many people choose to live in apartments not only for the cost savings, but for the sense of community, convenience, location, and lifestyle. There are no garden or yard upkeep requirements associated with apartments; the compact space makes it convenient for singles or small families who lack sufficient time for garden maintenance.

    Source: http://www.ccmep.org/choosing-between-a-house-and-apartment/

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    Green Blog: A Climate Proposal: Bundling Consumer Buying Power

    Each year, an estimated 46 percent of the population is responsible for 77 percent of discretionary spending in the United States. To strengthen individual buying power, a Santa Barbara-based entrepreneur and philanthropist has proposed a new social enterprise to finance climate change solutions, among other social justice and humanitarian issues.

    The Big Idea, a nonprofit corporation founded by the entrepreneur Chris Norton and initially backed by his $11 million donation, is loosely modeled after the A.A.R.P., the membership organization that promotes the interests of retired people. The aim is to unify individuals with common interests.

    Acting as a green intermediary, The Big Idea bundles purchases of regular services like like cellphone plans and auto insurance ? what Mr. Norton calls ?low-engagement? products? ? to achieve social impact. By harnessing group buying power, members achieve a cost savings and share it with social justice and environmental action groups like the Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Defense Fund and 350.org, among others.

    The Big Idea doesn?t plan to measure direct benefits to the environment. Contributions will be made to environmental action groups and social justice groups that size up their own success at meeting their strategic goals.

    Mr. Norton, a Santa Barbara, Calif.-based executive and the co-author of an e-book titled ?113 Million Markets of One,? said that individuals may want to wield their economic power to help solve social issues but don?t have a mechanism to do so as a group. Most don?t take the time to do due diligence themselves, he said, especially on their regular ?service? purchases.

    ?The Big Idea has the ethics of Patagonia, scalability of Facebook, and buying power of Costco,? Mr. Norton said. With grass-roots buying power, they can support companies that ?pay a living wage to employees, take care of the environment and pay taxes in the U.S.,? he said. The group can also help consumers foster environmental solutions through purchases that are not ordinarily associated with the environment.

    Is all of this feasible?

    Americus Reed, a professor of marketing at the Wharton School, said that social impact branding is a popular topic in marketing these days, especially among start-ups seeking to leverage the idea that consumers can do something for the collective good. He cites Warby Parker, a company that sells designer eyeglasses and donates a certain amount of money to purchase glasses for people in poor countries.

    ?As a way to differentiate your company right now, social impact branding is a hot branding approach,? Dr. Reed said.
    Yet as more and more companies develop a social brand, consumers will become desensitized and the tactic will prove less effective, he predicts.

    ?By the time you hear about the 15th company doing something like this, then sometimes consumers will have a skeptical reaction,? he said. ? ?It?s just a marketing gimmick,? they?ll say, as opposed to being an authentic DNA of the company. So that?s a big challenge for sustaining this kind of branding over time.?

    Often consumers doubt that their individual choices will make a difference. ?In the tragedy of the commons, everyone assumes everyone else is going to help, and no one ends up helping,? Dr. Reed said. In addition, he said consumers have much opportunity with social media to do the philanthropic giving themselves.

    Yet a word-of-mouth, groundswell approach might help change consumer thinking around something so tedious as paying a phone bill, he said, if The Big Idea can counter the inertia.

    ?It?s going to be a huge challenge,? he said.

    Source: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/a-climate-proposal-bundling-consumer-buying-power/?partner=rss&emc=rss

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    Video allegedly shows Syrian soldiers dancing to Usher song

    A video has emerged online which appears to show Syrian soldiers dancing to Usher's hit song "Yeah!"

    By Becky Bratu, Staff Writer, NBC News

    A video posted on YouTube allegedly shows Syrian soldiers dancing to R&B singer Usher's 2004 hit song "Yeah!"

    Though unverified, the video is being highlighted by both pro and anti-regime activists on social media, The Associated Press reported.

    In the clip, heavily armed soldiers dressed in camouflage and flak jackets can be seen bobbing their heads to the music at first, then standing up and moving their feet and hips to the beat, their weapons pointed in the air.

    Grinning, the men then get in a line and walk past the camera, still moving their gun-wielding arms and bobbing their heads.

    The dancing stops toward the end of the nearly 2-minute-long video, as a loud bang is heard and the soldiers break out into a battle cry that translates to, "With our souls, our blood, we sacrifice for you Bashar!"? -- referring to embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad -- according to the AP.

    Some of the soldiers then begin spraying bursts of gunfire in the air.

    The AP reported that the video was purportedly filmed in southern Syria. The uniforms appear to be consistent with those worn by Syrian soldiers, the news agency said.

    Source: http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/07/16888946-video-allegedly-shows-syrian-soldiers-dancing-to-usher-song?lite

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    Thursday, February 7, 2013

    Product Launches ? What You Should Know | Email Marketing

    There are so many different aspects of both online and offline business that have the potential for overwhelming anyone. All the old vets of internet marketing who pioneered eczematreatmentsite.org went through that and know the deal. There are several reasons why those who are making money with their business tend to outsource as much as possible. We understand if you are not quite at that point, though, but there is much available that is very low cost or no cost. There is nothing more frustrating than learning the hard way, and we are talking about getting educated about any new marketing or business method, first. However, regardless of how you approach outsourcing or anything else, just recover and roll with any mistakes you may make. Releasing an internet product and making certain that it will be effective is all about doing the small things the right way and being certain that the timing is right. There are many good products out there that ended up making low impact on their launch day just because the simple factors weren?t focused upon. The product originator has to prepare things the right way in order to ensure that the product gets the right amount of exposure and sales when it is launched. So, what kinds of things must be dealt with before a product is launched? Let?s look at a few of these in this article. Ensure Your Site?s Functioning Properly: This step is vital because your site is where your potential customers will be making their purchases. Double check to make sure all the links on your website are working properly before your site goes live. Be sure to test your payment gateway for errors; after all you don?t want to lose orders because of it. Your customer should be guided to the ?Thank You? page without any issues, as well, after they complete their order. In order to make this whole process smoother, ask your customers for their suggestions whenever possible. Understand Your Product?s USP: When looking to launch a product, you need to know how important it is to make it different from everything else on the market. Having a unique selling proposition is something that no Internet marketer can ignore; it doesn?t matter what niche your product is being launched in, as long as you understand the value of having a USP you?re good to go. Be sure to do your homework before hitting the launch button, and research and review to make sure you get it right. Failing to get your USP right can keep you from making a huge impact with your launch. Everybody wants more from their business such as profits, and testing and tracking is one of the surest ways to get more. Here is an example, you can test something new with this site in your email marketing by only mailing to half your list. Tools such as various forms of testing, and we have only briefly touched on it, are what those who are most serious will ever do; not those who are lazy or looking for fast money. Carelessness along with incomplete knowledge of certain things makes for a tricky combination. The scope of some projects can quickly and easily overwhelm a lot of newer marketers, and in that case do some testing and see what your results are. Remember that the nature of testing by default implies it will be a small scale operation. Any time you want to implement something new and untried on one of your sites, then think about a small scale test on an appropriate page. Before you roll-out your well thought out test, do not forget to track all that you are doing so you can interpret the results. Be Around for Your Customers: Be Available for Your Customers: A lot of marketers will fail to keep the hype going after a product launch, but this is a requirement. Be available to provide product assistance for your product, if need be. Taking the right steps at the right time is what helps create a successful product launch. Applying these tips will make launching your product successfully easier.

    Source: http://emailmarketing.de.gg/2013/02/07/product-launches-what-you-should-know/

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    ECB's Draghi says eurozone growth likely in 2013

    BERLIN (AP) ? Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, has given a cautiously upbeat assessment of the prospects of the economy of the 17 European Union countries that use the euro.

    He says inflation will likely fall below the 2 percent target in the coming months and that economic growth would likely resume thanks to low borrowing rates, an improvement in financial market conditions and a pick-up in global demand.

    The eurozone economy is currently in recession.

    Draghi says Thursday that the risks to inflation are "broadly balanced" but that the risks to growth are "to the downside."

    Draghi is speaking after the ECB kept its main interest rate on hold at the record low of 0.75 percent. The euro's strength is likely to feature heavily in his press briefing.

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ecbs-draghi-says-eurozone-growth-likely-2013-140043724--finance.html

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