Friday, November 30, 2012

Republicans fail with Achieve Act | Chican?sima: Latino politics ...

Republicans fail with Achieve Act
Sen. Jon Kyl

Latino voters made a difference in the presidential election and their political voice will only continue to grow.

And Republicans are getting the message.

This week Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-Texas) and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Arizona) introduced the Achieve Act that pretends to help undocumented youth.

It's a weaker version of the DREAM Act. It is not a pathway to citizenship just another temporary fix with a complicated three-tiered visa system. It doesn't stand much chance of passing in a lame-duck Congress, and Latino politicians and immigrant activists do not support it.

It's especially troubling that Sen. Kyl also suggested undocumented youth marry a U.S. citizen to get citizenship.? If that were so easy, most people would have done that by now. There are complicated rules, penalties and bars that the undocumented face even if one person marries a U.S. citizen.

This comment shows Kyl doesn't understand immigration law. Plus he's almost encouraging immigration fraud with that suggestion.

Republicans take heed.

The number of Latino eligible voters is expected to double by 2030, according to an analysis released by the Pew Hispanic Center after the election.

There are currently 23.7 million Hispanics in the U.S. who are eligible to vote and around 12.5 million of them did. It's estimated that Latinos made up 10 percent of the electorate in 2012.

In two decades there will be an estimated 40 million eligible Hispanic voters.

So both political parties will have to pay more attention to the concerns of Latino voters.

President Obama said after he won re-election that his administration will push for immigration reform.

This is important to Latino voters because more than 60 percent said they know someone who is undocumented, according to Pew Hispanic.

The immigration issue for many Latinos is more about respect. Many of us want hard-working undocumented immigrants who contribute to this country to have a chance to become U.S. citizens.

Indeed many polls show that a majority of all Americans feel that way.

Comprehensive immigration reform will allow more people to pay taxes and also for DREAM Act youth to get jobs after they graduate from a college.

A college graduate will earn $450,000 more over a lifetime, according to The Brookings Institution.

Latinos also care about the economy, education for their children and health care. That is why more than 70 percent of them voted for President Obama.

If Republicans want to win back Latino voters, they have to stop acting so hostile to immigrants and stop accusing Latino voters of wanting a handout. And they have to come up with real solutions.

If they don't they will lose again in 2016.

Source: http://www.chicagonow.com/chicanisima-latino-politics-news-and-culture/2012/11/republicans-fail-with-achieve-act/

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Internet service goes out across Syria

BEIRUT (AP) ? Internet service went down Thursday across Syria and international flights were canceled at the Damascus airport when a road near the facility was closed by heavy fighting in the country's civil war.

Activists said President Bashar Assad's regime pulled the plug on the Internet, perhaps in preparation for a major offensive. Cellphone service also went out in Damascus and parts of central Syria, they said. The government blamed rebel fighters for the outages.

With pressure building against the regime on several fronts and government forces on their heels in the battle for the northern commercial hub of Aleppo, rebels have recently begun pushing back into Damascus after largely being driven out of the capital following a July offensive. One Damascus resident reported seeing rebel forces near a suburb of the city previously deemed to be safe from fighting.

The Internet outage, confirmed by two U.S.-based companies that monitor online connectivity, is unprecedented in Syria's 20-month-old uprising against Assad, which activists say has killed more than 40,000 people.

Regime forces suffered a string of tactical defeats in recent weeks, losing air bases and other strategic facilities. The government may be trying to blunt additional rebel offensives by hampering communications.

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland condemned what she called the regime's "assault" on Syrians' ability to communicate with each other and express themselves. She said the move spoke to a desperate attempt by Assad to cling to power.

Syrian authorities often cut phone and Internet service in select areas to disrupt rebel communications when regime forces are conducting major operations.

The government sent mixed signals about the Internet outage but denied it was nationwide. The pro-regime TV station Al-Ikhbariya quoted Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi as saying that "terrorists" have targeted Internet cables, interrupting service in several cities.

Separately, state-run TV said the outage was due to a technical failure that affected some provinces, adding that technicians were trying to fix it.

Activists in Syria, reached by satellite telephones unaffected by the outage, confirmed the communications problems.

A young Syrian businessman who lives in an upscale neighborhood of Damascus, which some refer to as part of "the green zone" because it has remained relatively safe, sent a text message to an Associated Press reporter Thursday that said the Internet had been cut in his area and that mobile phone service was cutting out.

He said he was driving Wednesday through the Damascus suburb of Aqraba, near the airport, and saw dozens of rebel fighters for the first time in the area, riding in pickup trucks and motorcycles, and wielding AK-47s.

Their presence so close to the "green zone" may have led to the Internet being cut, said the resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared government reprisal. He said the military was positioned a few hundred meters away from the rebel fighters and had built large speed bumps to enclose the area.

The opposition said the Internet blackout was an ominous sign that the regime was preparing a major offensive.

"I fear that cutting the Internet may be a prelude to a massacre in Damascus," said Adib Shishakly, a Syrian opposition figure from Cairo, Egypt. "The regime feels it is being choked off by rebels who are closing in on the capital from its suburbs. It's a desperate move; they are trying to sever communications between activists."

Renesys, a U.S.-based network security firm that studies Internet disruption, said in a statement that Syria effectively disappeared from the Internet at 12:26 p.m. local time.

"In the global routing table, all 84 of Syria's IP address blocks have become unreachable, effectively removing the country from the Internet," Renesys said. It added that the main autonomous system responsible for Internet in the country is the Syrian Telecommunications Establishment, and that "all of their customer networks are currently unreachable."

Akamai Technologies Inc., another U.S.-based company that distributes content on the Internet, also confirmed the complete outage.

Jim Cowie, the chief technology officer at Renesys, said the abruptness of the outage suggested it wasn't due to a severed cable. Syria has several cables that connect it to the outside world, and all of them would have had to be cut at once for a complete outage. A power outage or an intentional shutdown at central Syrian telecommunications facilities is a more likely cause, he said.

"We saw everything go in three to four minutes, which looks like a light switch," Cowie said.

He said the profile of the outage was similar to what the Egyptian government did in January 2011 during the Arab Spring uprising that toppled longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. Egypt switched off the Internet for five days, halting businesses, banking and ? at the height of the demonstrations ? the ability of protest leaders to organize and communicate with each other.

Bahrain's Sunni rulers also jammed cellphones during the military offensive on the protesters' encampment in the capital of Manama in March 2011. Internet service remained at a crawl when the Bahrain's military stormed the city's Pearl Square ? the headquarters of the revolt ? after weeks of street protests.

Ann Harrison, deputy program director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, said in a statement that the group worried the communications were cut in Syria "to shield the truth of what is happening in the country from the outside world."

Thursday's violence appeared to be focused on southern suburbs near the Damascus international airport, forcing the military to shut the road to the facility. The surrounding districts have been strongholds of rebel support since the uprising began.

At the United Nations, the secretary-general's office said at least four soldiers assigned to the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force in the Golan Heights were injured in the crossfire on the airport road as their unit was heading out for a routine rotation of forces.

Rami Abdul-Rahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the regime has started a major offensive around the airport where rebels have been particularly active in recent weeks.

Abdul-Rahman, who relies on a network of activists in Syria, said large convoys of government reinforcements were seen heading south toward the airport, which is 25 kilometers (15 miles) southeast of Damascus. The fighting was concentrated in and around the suburbs of Aqraba and Beit Saham, he said.

The Syrian Information Ministry later said the airport road was secure after attacks by "terrorist groups" on motorists, according to state TV. It was not immediately clear whether the road had been reopened.

The fighting prompted both Emirates airline and EgyptAir to cancel flights to Damascus.

Despite months of sporadic fighting and deteriorating security in Damascus, the airport has remained open.

But EgyptAir said in a statement that the airline will halt all flights to Damascus and Aleppo starting Friday, until further notice. EgyptAir head Rushdi Zakaria said the decision was due to deteriorating security conditions in Syria.

Syrian TV also said government forces were chasing "al-Qaida elements" around Damascus, mostly in the eastern suburbs of Douma and the southern suburb of Daraya.

The Observatory said the regime used warplanes to hit districts including Daraya, where fighting has raged for days.

The operation around Damascus comes days after rebels made significant advances in the area. Last week, they captured a major helicopter base just outside the capital.

In the southern city of Daraa, where the uprising began, rebels detonated a car bomb near the house of a senior member of the country's ruling Baath Party, killing him and his three bodyguards, activists said. Rebels frequently target regime figures and military commanders.

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Associated Press writers Barbara Surk in Beirut, Matthew Lee in Washington, Peter Svensson in New York, Peter James Spielmann at the United Nations, Robert H. Reid in Berlin and Aya Batrawi in Cairo contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/internet-goes-across-syria-213845781--finance.html

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Are You Sharing Your Story? | Travel Business U

90% of the travel advisors I meet fail at sharing their full story. But it?s one of the most critical pieces to successful sales. What story? YOUR story. The story of why you chose to specialize in XXX.

For example, my first trip to Africa was not by choice, and thus, my passion for Africa was not something I was born with. In fact, I mistakenly thought Africa was dark, dangerous, dusty and less than desirable as a travel destination. It was NOT on my radar screen, at all. Before my first trip to Africa, I thought there was no way Africa could meet my travel snob standards.

At the time, I was living in London, happily dating my now husband, who is from Zimbabwe. His sister was engaged to be married, who also lived in London and we were becoming fast friends. I was invited to the wedding and that?s when my first trip to Africa occurred.

As you might have guessed, Africa ended up being everything I thought it wasn?t. I was completely dumbfounded by the beauty, wildlife, people, and high level of service and sophistication in the hotels, resorts and restaurants. I returned from that trip a total convert, wanting to share this ?secret? with everyone I knew. And the seed was planted for Hills of Africa travel.

This story is important because there are so many clients that I worked with that were similar to me, before my first trip to Africa. Quite frankly, they are afraid to travel there. But when I tell them my story, they can relate. They often have the exact same misunderstandings and knowing I had the same travel standards as they do, they become much more open to the concept of traveling there. It opens the door to my sales.

Are you telling your story that?s opening the door for your sales? If not, here is a great structure for you to use to create your compelling story:

1. Before ? there must be a before part of your story;

2. Conflict or Turning Point ? my conflict was that I didn?t want to travel to Africa, but I had to;

3. Discovery ? my discovery was that Africa was everything I thought it wasn?t ? in a good way. I knew there were lots of other Americans that misunderstood Africa as a travel destination and felt like I had just discovered the best kept secret in travel.

4. Result ? the result was the best vacation I have ever had, in my life.

5. Return ? this is where you want to share it with others. I did. I really felt like it was my mission to share Africa with people because they were getting the wrong message from places like the media.

YOUR ASSIGNMENT:

If you are not currently telling your core sales story to everyone you meet, it?s time to start doing this. I have a client who thought she was, but she was skipping important details, like beating a deathly illness. She recently told her entire sales story ? including the parts she had been skipping. This was the first time she had ever done this and she now has 4 brand new inquiries for the exact travel product she wants to sell.

Time for you to dig deep and put together a core sales story that sells. Why? Because it makes you real to your potential clients. People want to do business with people they know, like and trust. When you share something vulnerable about yourself, they instantly like you.

Get your core sales story mapped out and try it out on your next potential client.

?2009-2011 Meredith Hill, www.TravelBusinessU.com

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Wal-Mart, Disney clothes found in Bangladesh fire

Boxes of garments lay near equipment charred in the fire that killed 112 workers Saturday at the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory,on the outskirts of Dhaha, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Garments and documents left behind in the factory show it was used by a host of major American and European retailers, though at least one of them ? Wal-Mart ? had been aware of safety problems. Wal-Mart blames a supplier for using Tazreen Fashions without its knowledge. (AP Photo/Ashraful Alam Tito)

Boxes of garments lay near equipment charred in the fire that killed 112 workers Saturday at the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory,on the outskirts of Dhaha, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Garments and documents left behind in the factory show it was used by a host of major American and European retailers, though at least one of them ? Wal-Mart ? had been aware of safety problems. Wal-Mart blames a supplier for using Tazreen Fashions without its knowledge. (AP Photo/Ashraful Alam Tito)

A Disney brand sweater lays among equipment charred in the fire that killed 112 workers Saturday at the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory, on the outskirts of Dhaha, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Garments and documents left behind in the factory show it was used by a host of major American and European retailers, though at least one of them ? Wal-Mart ? had been aware of safety problems. Wal-Mart blames a supplier for using Tazreen Fashions without its knowledge. (AP Photo/Ashraful Alam Tito)

Walmart's Faded Glory label is seen on a piece of clothing laying among equipment charred in the fire that killed 112 workers Saturday at the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory, on the outskirts of Dhaha, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Garments and documents left behind in the factory show it was used by a host of major American and European retailers, though at least one of them ? Wal-Mart ? had been aware of safety problems. Wal-Mart blames a supplier for using Tazreen Fashions without its knowledge. (AP Photo/Ashraful Alam Tito)

A Disney brand sweater lays among the equipment charred in the fire that killed 112 people Saturday at the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory, on the outskirts of Dhaha, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Garments and documents left behind in the factory show it was used by a host of major American and European retailers, though at least one of them ? Wal-Mart ? had been aware of safety problems. Wal-Mart blames a supplier for using Tazreen Fashions without its knowledge. (AP Photo/Ashraful Alam Tito)

A piece of clothing with a label referring to German brand KIK as the buyer lays among equipment charred in the fire that killed 112 workers Saturday at the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory, on the outskirts of Dhaha, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Garments and documents left behind in the factory show it was used by a host of major American and European retailers, though at least one of them ? Wal-Mart ? had been aware of safety problems. Wal-Mart blames a supplier for using Tazreen Fashions without its knowledge. (AP Photo/Ashraful Alam Tito)

(AP) ? The garment factory in Bangladesh where 112 people were killed in a fire had been making clothes for Wal-Mart, Disney, Sears and other major retailers ? some of whom say they thought they had stopped doing business with the place.

The apparent confusion underscored what some industry experts say is a major obstacle to improving safety in Third World factories: Many major retailers in the U.S. and Europe rely on such a long and complex chain of manufacturers, vendors and middlemen to keep their shelves stocked that it is difficult to keep track of where certain products are made.

Amid the blackened tables and melted sewing machines at Tazreen Fashions Ltd., an Associated Press reporter discovered clothes and account books Wednesday that indicated the factory was used by a host of major U.S. and European retailers.

Among the items discovered: children's shorts with Wal-Mart's Faded Glory label, hooded sweaters marked "Disney Pixar," shorts with hip-hop star Sean Combs' ENYCE tag, and sweaters from the French company Teddy Smith and the Scottish company Edinburgh Woollen Mill. Sears was also among the companies listed in the account books.

The tragedy at the beginning of the holiday season is putting a spotlight on dangerous workplace conditions around the world, with no clear answers to how consumers should react or who is ultimately responsible.

Wal-Mart said that it received a safety audit that showed the factory was "high-risk" and had decided well before the blaze to stop doing business with Tazreen. But it said a supplier had continued to use Tazreen without authorization.

When pressed for an explanation of how a supplier could use a factory without the retailer's approval and whether it happened often, Kevin Gardner, a Wal-Mart spokesman, did not directly address the issue in emails to The Associated Press.

Sears said it learned after the blaze that its merchandise was being produced there without its approval through a vendor, which has since been fired. Walt Disney Co., which licenses its characters to clothing makers, said its records indicate that none of its licensees have been permitted to make Disney-brand products at the factory for at least a year.

Combs' Sean Jean Enterprises did not return calls.

Retailers like Wal-Mart have clauses in place that require suppliers to disclose all factories and subcontractors producing merchandise for sale. But it's hard to crack down on unauthorized subcontracting, said Josh Green, chief executive of New York-based Panjiva, which tracks shipments for factories outside the U.S.

"The reality is you have to have round-the-clock monitoring of every aspect of the supplier's operations," he said. "It's just not feasible."

Green noted that subcontracting is pervasive as suppliers look for ways to cut costs.

"You have relentless pressure that consumers put on retailers and that retailers put on their suppliers to deliver lower and lower prices," he said. "And that pressure is a key reason why you see factories cutting corners."

Bangladesh's fast-growing garment industry ? second only to China's in exports ? has long provided jobs and revenue for the desperately poor country, while turning out the low-priced products shoppers in the U.S. and other countries have come to enjoy. But the industry has a ghastly safety record; more than 300 workers have died in garment factory fires in Bangladesh since 2006.

Labor activists have seized on the blaze ? the deadliest in Bangladesh's nearly 35-year history of exporting clothing ? to argue that retailers must insist on more stringent fire standards.

Charles Kernaghan, director of the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights, said nothing will change unless clothing companies protect workers as vigorously as they do their brands.

"The labels are legally protected," he said. "But there are no similar laws to protect rights of the worker."

Green said some companies are more conscientious than others in selecting factories. Some pick a manufacturer and do little or no investigation, he said, while others analyze factories' past infractions and pay monthly visits.

"There's a fundamental difference between companies who do the check-the-box approach and companies who are serious about due diligence," he said.

On Wednesday, police arrested three factory officials suspected of locking in the workers who died in Saturday's blaze on the outskirts of Dhaka. Police Chief Habibur Rahman said the three will be questioned. He said the factory owner was not among those arrested.

About 1,400 people worked at the factory, about 70 percent of them women. Survivors said exit doors were locked, and a fire official said the death toll would have been much lower if the eight-story building had had an emergency exit.

The fire broke out on the ground floor, where a factory worker named Nasima said stacks of yarn and clothes blocked part of the stairway. Nasima, who uses only one name, and other workers said that when they tried to flee, managers told them to go back to their work stations.

"Everyone was screaming for help," Nasima said. "Total chaos, panic and screaming. Everyone was trying to escape and come out. I was pulling the shirt of a man. I fainted and when I woke up I found myself lying on the road outside the factory. I don't know how I survived."

Workers expressed support for the factory owner, Delwar Hossain. Mohammad Rajib said he is "a gentle man" who heeded workers when they protested for more pay and against rough treatment by some managers.

"He took action and fired some of them," he said. "He did not sack any worker. He told us: 'You are my people. If you survive, I will survive.'"

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Associated Press writer Farid Hossain in Dhaka and AP business writers Mae Anderson and Anne D'Innocenzio in New York contributed to this report.

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Bangladesh factory fire: Managers told us to 'keep working'

An eyewitness to this week's deadly garment factory fire in Bangladesh, which killed 112 workers, claimed that managers lowered gates to prevent employees from leaving because they thought it was a false alarm.

"Our production manager ... pulled down the collapsible gate on the third floor, forcing us to continue working," the witness said, according to an account of the Tazreen Factory fire shared with ABC News Tuesday night by Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights.

"We pleaded with him to let us out, but [he] assured us that nothing was wrong and we should keep working," the witness said. "He told us not to listen to any rumors. He said again, 'Nothing has happened, just keep working.'"

An official with the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights, a group that has been highly critical of the garment industry and has lobbied for safety improvements, said they were withholding the witness's name to protect him from reprisals.

The account is part of a growing effort by advocacy and labor groups to demand safety reforms in Bangladesh, where high-rise factory fires have killed hundreds of workers in recent years.

Over the past several days, the names of the American brands that were relying on the Tazreen factory to produce t-shirts, fleece, jeans and other garments have become more clear. Photos taken by workers showed labels for Wal-Mart's private label, Faded Glory, in the burned-out remains along with clothing for a number of other U.S. labels, including a clothing line by music mogul Sean Combs called ENYCE, and clothing by the workwear brand Dickies.

Late Tuesday the Associated Press reported that The Walt Disney Company was also among the factory's customers and Wednesday published photos of what it said were labels from Disney Mickey Mouse sweatshirts found inside the burned out factory. For its original report on the factory fire, ABC News was told by a Disney representative that the company's third party supplier assured them none of their orders had been placed at the Tazreen factory. A spokesperson for Disney, parent company of ABC and ABC News, did not immediately return additional off-hour requests for comment on the AP report early Wednesday morning.

The supplier, Li and Fung, had placed orders at the factory for ENYCE and also supplied clothing to Wal-Mart, but officials with Wal-Mart would not say if Li and Fung had been responsible for placing their orders with Tazreen.

A Wal-Mart spokesman said the company terminated a contract with a middle man because the company had prohibited its suppliers from using Tazreen. A Wal-Mart audit from 2011, which was posted online, showed the factory had serious safety issues that needed to be addressed. The AP also reported clothes made for Sears had been discovered at the factory. A spokesperson for Sears told ABC News Monday that "any merchandise found at that factory should not have been manufactured there, and we are currently investigating further."

Li and Fung, the Hong Kong-based supplier that had placed orders at Tazreen, published a statement on its website pledging to pay relatives of each victim $1,200. Wal-Mart and ENYCE did not respond to questions about whether the companies planned to assist victims of the fire.

Bangladesh's interior minister, Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, said Tuesday officials had concluded the fire was the result of sabotage, according to published reports.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/bangladesh-factory-inferno-witness-managers-ignored-fire-145150127--abc-news-topstories.html

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Murray, Transplant Doctor and Nobel Winner, Dies at 93http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/health/dr-joseph-e-murray-transplant-doctor-and-nobel-winner-dies-at-93.html?partner=rss&emc=rssDr. Murray died in the hospital where he performed the first successful human organ transplant in 1954, when he gave a 23-year-old?s kidney to his identical twin.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25fe7ef9/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151231205571/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fe7ef9/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151231205571/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fe7ef9/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151231205571/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fe7ef9/a2t.img" border="0"/>DoctorsTransplantsDeaths (Obituaries)Nobel PrizesBrigham and Women's HospitalKidneysMurray, Joseph E.Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:32:18 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/health/dr-joseph-e-murray-transplant-doctor-and-nobel-winner-dies-at-93.htmlBy CORNELIA DEANSal Veder/Associated PressDr. Joseph E. Murray was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990.Clearing the Fog Around Personality Disordershttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/health/clearing-the-fog-around-personality-disorders.html?partner=rss&emc=rssA new proposal to clarify diagnoses of recognized personality disorders and better integrate them into clinical practice, to extend and improve treatment, is meeting resistance.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25fcbe6d/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151231093903/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fcbe6d/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151231093903/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fcbe6d/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151231093903/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fcbe6d/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mental Health and DisordersPsychiatry and PsychiatristsNarcissismDepression (Mental)Medicine and HealthTherapy and RehabilitationTue, 27 Nov 2012 05:15:36 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/health/clearing-the-fog-around-personality-disorders.htmlBy BENEDICT CAREYJonathon RosenScientists See Advances in Deep Learning, a Part of Artificial Intelligencehttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/24/science/scientists-see-advances-in-deep-learning-a-part-of-artificial-intelligence.html?partner=rss&emc=rssAdvances in an artificial intelligence technology that can recognize patterns offer the possibility of machines that perform human activities like seeing, listening and thinking.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25e887b7/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151231104530/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25e887b7/kg/321-335-342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151231104530/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25e887b7/kg/321-335-342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151231104530/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25e887b7/kg/321-335-342/a2t.img" border="0"/>Google Inc|GOOG|NASDAQArtificial IntelligenceMicrosoft Corporation|MSFT|NASDAQScience and TechnologyResearchVoice Recognition SystemsNuance Communications Inc|NUAN|NASDAQDeep LearningApple Inc|AAPL|NASDAQComputers and the InternetTue, 27 Nov 2012 05:00:02 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/24/science/scientists-see-advances-in-deep-learning-a-part-of-artificial-intelligence.htmlBy JOHN MARKOFFHao Zhang/The New York TimesA voice recognition program translated a speech given by Richard F. Rashid, Microsoft?s top scientist, into Mandarin Chinese.Amid Hurricane Sandy, a Race to Get a Liver Transplanthttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/health/amid-hurricane-sandy-a-race-to-get-a-liver-transplant.html?partner=rss&emc=rssA 4-year-old girl at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital got a new liver, flown in just in time as Hurricane Sandy hit the region.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25fd1142/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230904992/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fd1142/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230904992/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fd1142/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151230904992/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fd1142/a2t.img" border="0"/>Hurricane Sandy (2012)TransplantsLiverMedicine and HealthHospitalsMorgan Stanley|MS|NYSETue, 27 Nov 2012 04:50:02 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/health/amid-hurricane-sandy-a-race-to-get-a-liver-transplant.htmlBy DENISE GRADYCharles Manley/The New York TimesVin and Dolores Vreeland with their daughter Natalia and Dr. Tomoaki Kato, second left, and Dr. Nadia Ovchinsky, center, at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children?s Hospital.In Nature, Fatal Attractions Can Be Part of Lifehttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/in-nature-fatal-attractions-can-be-part-of-life.html?partner=rss&emc=rssResearchers say instances of misdirected mating between different species are simply mistakes and examples that ?nature is not perfect.?<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25fd113e/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230904994/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fd113e/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230904994/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fd113e/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151230904994/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fd113e/a2t.img" border="0"/>Reproduction (Biological)Sexual HarassmentAnimalsTue, 27 Nov 2012 04:50:02 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/in-nature-fatal-attractions-can-be-part-of-life.htmlBy INGFEI CHENTristan ScottAn Antarctic fur seal trying to mate with a king penguin.Letters: Safeguarding Subways (1 Letter)http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/safeguarding-subways-1-letter.html?partner=rss&emc=rssA letter to the Editor.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25fcaab9/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230787546/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fcaab9/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230787546/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fcaab9/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151230787546/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fcaab9/a2t.img" border="0"/>Inventions and PatentsSubwaysTue, 27 Nov 2012 04:50:02 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/safeguarding-subways-1-letter.htmlImaging Shows Progressive Damage by Parkinson?shttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/health/imaging-shows-progressive-damage-by-parkinsons.html?partner=rss&emc=rssImaging has been able to show in living patients the damage Parkinson?s disease causes to two structures deep in the brain, researchers report.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25fcaab8/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230787547/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fcaab8/kg/321/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230787547/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fcaab8/kg/321/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151230787547/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fcaab8/kg/321/a2t.img" border="0"/>Science and TechnologyBrainMedicine and HealthParkinson's DiseaseTue, 27 Nov 2012 04:50:02 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/health/imaging-shows-progressive-damage-by-parkinsons.htmlBy JAMES GORMANObservatory: For Dogs to Learn Words, Size Mattershttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/for-dogs-learning-words-size-matters.html?partner=rss&emc=rssA new study suggests that dogs tend to associate words with size rather than shape.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25e73f83/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230814382/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25e73f83/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230814382/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25e73f83/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151230814382/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25e73f83/a2t.img" border="0"/>ResearchDogsTue, 27 Nov 2012 04:45:44 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/for-dogs-learning-words-size-matters.htmlBy SINDYA N. BHANOOSally SmithGable, a 5-year-old Border collie, understands more than 40 words.Observatory: Makemake, Dwarf Planet Beyond Pluto, Has No Atmosphere, Study Suggestshttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/space/makemake-dwarf-planet-beyond-pluto-has-no-atmosphere-study-suggests.html?partner=rss&emc=rssRecent observations of the dwarf planet Makemake indicate that it lacks a significant atmosphere and reflects about as much sunlight as dirty snow.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25e5c889/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230812994/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25e5c889/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230812994/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25e5c889/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151230812994/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25e5c889/a2t.img" border="0"/>Solar SystemAstronomy and AstrophysicsMakemake (Dwarf Planet)SpaceTue, 27 Nov 2012 04:45:44 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/space/makemake-dwarf-planet-beyond-pluto-has-no-atmosphere-study-suggests.htmlBy SINDYA N. BHANOONick Risinger/ESOAn artist's rendition of the surface of the distant dwarf planet Makemake. A new study now shows that?Makemake is not surrounded by a significant atmosphere.Observatory: Holes in Art Prints Help Map Beetle Populations in Europehttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/holes-in-art-prints-help-map-beetle-populations-in-europe.html?partner=rss&emc=rssA study of prints from 1462 to 1899 found that wormholes from wood blocks tell a story about the geographic distribution of beetles in Europe.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25fb090b/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230778815/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fb090b/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230778815/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fb090b/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151230778815/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fb090b/a2t.img" border="0"/>ArtEuropeBeetlesTue, 27 Nov 2012 04:45:23 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/holes-in-art-prints-help-map-beetle-populations-in-europe.htmlBy SINDYA N. BHANOOChris GashStudying Cities to Find Global Warming?s Benefitshttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/studying-cities-to-find-global-warmings-benefits.html?partner=rss&emc=rssCities, whose conditions can mimic what life may be like in the temperate zone of a heated planet, offer insight into how rising levels of heat and emissions could provide some benefits.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25fcada0/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230787944/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fcada0/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230787944/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fcada0/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151230787944/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fcada0/a2t.img" border="0"/>Global WarmingUrban AreasGreenhouse Gas EmissionsCarbon DioxideTue, 27 Nov 2012 04:43:01 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/studying-cities-to-find-global-warmings-benefits.htmlBy GUY GUGLIOTTANicole Bengiveno/The New York TimesScientists have been looking more closely at urban plant growth in places like Central Park.A Conversation With Roy Y. Calne: Organ Transplant Pioneer Talks About Risks and Rewardshttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/organ-transplant-pioneer-talks-about-risks-and-rewards.html?partner=rss&emc=rssIn the 1950s Sir Roy Calne found ways to stop the human immune system from rejecting implanted hearts, livers and kidneys.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25fd113f/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230905126/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fd113f/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230905126/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fd113f/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151230905126/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fd113f/a2t.img" border="0"/>Calne, Roy YTransplantsSurgery and SurgeonsMedicine and HealthTue, 27 Nov 2012 04:40:02 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/organ-transplant-pioneer-talks-about-risks-and-rewards.htmlBy CLAUDIA DREIFUSUniversity of CambridgeRoy Y. CalneQ & A: Does Flushing a Toilet Release Germs Into the Air?http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/the-possible-peril-of-the-toilet-plume.html?partner=rss&emc=rssDo many germs escape into the air when a toilet is flushed, and do they affect our health?<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25fcb59b/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151231092620/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fcb59b/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151231092620/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fcb59b/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151231092620/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fcb59b/a2t.img" border="0"/>InfectionsBathrooms and ToiletsMedicine and HealthBacteriaTue, 27 Nov 2012 04:40:02 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/the-possible-peril-of-the-toilet-plume.htmlBy C. CLAIBORNE RAYVictoria RobertsEssay: Biblical Literalists? Clash With Sciencehttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/biblical-literalists-clash-with-science.html?partner=rss&emc=rssBy allowing that evolution is a theory, scientists would hand fundamentalists the fig leaf they need to insist, at least among themselves, that the Bible is the literal, not metaphorical, truth.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25fd32a5/mf.gif' border='0'/>EvolutionScience and TechnologyReligion and BeliefRubio, MarcoTue, 27 Nov 2012 04:37:19 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/science/biblical-literalists-clash-with-science.htmlBy NICHOLAS WADEA detail from an 1861 church window depicting the Genesis story.Dot Earth Blog: Urban Coastlines and Rising Seashttp://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/exploring-urban-coastlines-and-rising-seas/?partner=rss&emc=rssDrivers and implications of coastal losses in a warming world.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25f12e03/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230855512/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25f12e03/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230855512/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25f12e03/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151230855512/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25f12e03/a2t.img" border="0"/>Coast ErosionGlobal WarmingDisasters and EmergenciesClimate ChangeFloodscitiesdisastersHistory (Academic Subject)Tue, 27 Nov 2012 03:55:57 GMThttp://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/exploring-urban-coastlines-and-rising-seas/By ANDREW C. REVKINWell: Returning to Bellevue Hospital After Hurricane Sandyhttp://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/a-return-to-bellevue-after-the-storm/?partner=rss&emc=rssAfter Bellevue Hospital was evacuated during Hurricane Sandy, many doctors and staff members underwent the feelings of loss and confusion that are not dissimilar to the experience of being ill.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25fd39da/mf.gif' border='0'/>Hurricane Sandy (2012)DoctorsWeatherMedicine and HealthDanielle OfriHospitalsBellevue HospitalFeaturedArchives and RecordsTue, 27 Nov 2012 03:55:48 GMThttp://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/a-return-to-bellevue-after-the-storm/By DANIELLE OFRI, M.D.Karsten Moran for The New York TimesAfter Bellevue Hospital's basement was flooded, ambulances lined up to evacuate patients.With Ban on Drilling Practice, Town Lands in Thick of Disputehttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/us/with-ban-on-fracking-colorado-town-lands-in-thick-of-dispute.html?partner=rss&emc=rssLongmont?s ban on hydraulic fracturing has inspired other cities to push for similar prohibitions. But it has also set the city head-to-head with oil companies and the state of Colorado.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25f9c6fd/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230774801/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25f9c6fd/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230774801/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25f9c6fd/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151230774801/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25f9c6fd/a2t.img" border="0"/>Regulation and Deregulation of IndustryHydraulic FracturingColoradoNatural GasOil (Petroleum) and GasolineLongmont (Colo)Suits and LitigationMon, 26 Nov 2012 23:13:01 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/us/with-ban-on-fracking-colorado-town-lands-in-thick-of-dispute.htmlBy JACK HEALYMatthew Staver for The New York TimesVoters in Longmont, Colo., approved a ban on the drilling practice known as hydraulic fracturing, prompting legal threats. "People really didn't think through this too well," the mayor said.Green Blog: Did You Save Some Turkey Fat? Other Oils?http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/22/did-you-save-some-turkey-fat-other-oils/?partner=rss&emc=rssAll that cooking grease can be diverted to avoid clogging pipes and sewers or even generate a little biofuel.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25df7bf5/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230780432/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25df7bf5/kg/321/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230780432/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25df7bf5/kg/321/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151230780432/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25df7bf5/kg/321/a2t.img" border="0"/>turkey fatPolitics and PolicyNew York CityBiodiesel FuelRecyclingDepartment of Environmental Protection (Fla)LivingThanksgiving DaySewers and SewageWaste Materials and DisposalthanksgivingTurkeysBiofuelssewersRecycling of Waste MaterialsRenewable energysewageMon, 26 Nov 2012 22:31:26 GMThttp://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/22/did-you-save-some-turkey-fat-other-oils/By EMMA BRYCEGlobal Update: Investing in Eyeglasses for Poor Would Boost International Economyhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/health/investing-in-eyeglasses-for-poor-would-boost-international-economy.html?partner=rss&emc=rssSpending $28 billion in getting people eyeglasses would result in a boost of more than $200 billion, a study suggests.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25fd1145/mf.gif' border='0'/>Eyes and EyesightEyeglassesThird World and Developing CountriesMon, 26 Nov 2012 21:15:28 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/health/investing-in-eyeglasses-for-poor-would-boost-international-economy.htmlBy DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.Michel de Groot for the International Herald TribuneM.I.T. Lab Hatches Ideas, and Companies, by the Dozenshttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/business/mit-lab-hatches-ideas-and-companies-by-the-dozens.html?partner=rss&emc=rssDr. Robert Langer?s lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is on the front lines of turning discoveries into drugs and drug delivery systems.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25ee150f/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151231031641/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25ee150f/kg/321-342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151231031641/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25ee150f/kg/321-342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151231031641/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25ee150f/kg/321-342/a2t.img" border="0"/>Nordstrom Inc|JWN|NYSEPfizer Inc|PFE|NYSEInventions and PatentsDrugs (Pharmaceuticals)Facebook Inc|FB|NASDAQScience and TechnologyResearchLanger, RobertMomenta Pharmaceuticals Inc|MNTA|NASDAQMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyLaboratories and Scientific EquipmentMon, 26 Nov 2012 21:13:31 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/business/mit-lab-hatches-ideas-and-companies-by-the-dozens.htmlBy HANNAH SELIGSONEvan McGlinn for The New York TimesDr. Robert Langer?s research lab is at the forefront of moving academic discoveries into the marketplace.New York Reassessing Building Code to Limit Storm Damagehttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/24/science/earth/new-york-reassessing-building-code-to-limit-storm-damage.html?partner=rss&emc=rssSome developers are not waiting for tougher construction mandates to protect against storm damage, and are already taking steps like placing critical equipment above ground level.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25e9506f/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151231106455/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25e9506f/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151231106455/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25e9506f/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151231106455/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25e9506f/a2t.img" border="0"/>New York CityHurricane Sandy (2012)Real Estate and Housing (Residential)FloodsWeatherBuilding (Construction)ArchitectureMon, 26 Nov 2012 21:05:45 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/24/science/earth/new-york-reassessing-building-code-to-limit-storm-damage.htmlBy MIREYA NAVARROKirsten Luce for The New York TimesThe municipal recycling plant under construction in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, was raised over four feet in anticipation of a projected rise in the sea level.Green Blog: On Our Radarhttp://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/on-our-radar-48/?partner=rss&emc=rssThe climate talks get under way in Doha, Qatar, a ship traverses the Arctic and Vancouver finds a way to reuse plastic as sidewalk paving.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25fc1a04/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151231090109/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fc1a04/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151231090109/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fc1a04/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151231090109/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25fc1a04/a2t.img" border="0"/>recyclingarcticLivingEfficiencyGlobal Warmingclimate changeFloodsAstronomy and AstrophysicsRecycling of Waste MaterialsMon, 26 Nov 2012 20:22:25 GMThttp://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/on-our-radar-48/By EMMA BRYCEPrototype: Customized Skis, Tailored by Sciencehttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/technology/customized-skis-tailored-by-science.html?partner=rss&emc=rssA custom-ski business in Colorado is trying to encourage customers to change the way they shop for skis and snowboards.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25ee1510/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151231031640/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25ee1510/kg/321-335-341-342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151231031640/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25ee1510/kg/321-335-341-342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151231031640/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25ee1510/kg/321-335-341-342/a2t.img" border="0"/>Shopping and RetailNordstrom Inc|JWN|NYSESkiingTelluride (Colo)Wagner Custom SkisFactories and ManufacturingComputers and the InternetMon, 26 Nov 2012 19:43:17 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/technology/customized-skis-tailored-by-science.htmlBy NICOLE LaPORTEBranson Reynolds for The New York TimesPete Wagner at his custom-ski shop, which is heated by solar panels. Customers fill out ?Skier DNA? questionnaires before their skis are built with help from computer algorithms.Aizu-Wakamatsu Journal: Hopes of Home Fade Among Japan?s Displacedhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/world/asia/hopes-of-home-fade-among-japans-displaced.html?partner=rss&emc=rssWith the slow pace of cleanup efforts, residents of Okuma, a town evacuated in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, have become pessimistic about ever living there again.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25f9c701/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230778816/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25f9c701/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230778816/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25f9c701/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151230778816/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25f9c701/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan)Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)JapanRadiationEvacuations and EvacueesMon, 26 Nov 2012 18:31:26 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/world/asia/hopes-of-home-fade-among-japans-displaced.htmlBy MARTIN FACKLERKo Sasaki for The New York TimesThe community center of a temporary housing complex in Aizu-Wakamatsu, where some fled after last year?s nuclear disaster.Gray Matter: A Real-Life Invisibility Cloakhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/opinion/sunday/a-real-life-invisibility-cloak.html?partner=rss&emc=rssHow do you make something disappear? Easy ? bend all the light around it.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640377/s/25b1a3f5/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659066619/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25b1a3f5/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659066619/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25b1a3f5/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/148659066619/u/0/f/640377/c/34625/s/25b1a3f5/a2t.img" border="0"/>Eyes and EyesightLightMagic and MagiciansMicrowaves (Electromagnetic Waves)Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:10:02 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/opinion/sunday/a-real-life-invisibility-cloak.htmlBy DAVID R. SMITH and NATHAN LANDYMorgan Blair

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

&#39;National security risk&#39;: Far-right leader pushes Hungary to draw up ...

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BUDAPEST,?Hungary?-- A Hungarian far-right politician urged the government to draw up a list of Jews who pose a "national security risk", stirring outrage among Jewish leaders who saw echoes of fascist policies that led to the Holocaust.

Marton Gyongyosi, a leader of Hungary's third-strongest political party Jobbik, said the list was necessary because of heightened tensions following the brief conflict in Gaza and should include members of parliament.

Opponents have condemned frequent anti-Semitic slurs and tough rhetoric against the Roma minority by Gyongyosi's party as populist point scoring ahead of elections in 2014.

Jobbik has never called publicly for lists of Jews.

"I am a Holocaust survivor," said Gusztav Zoltai, executive director of the Hungarian Jewish Congregations' Association. "For people like me this generates raw fear, even though it is clear that this only serves political ends. This is the shame of Europe, the shame of the world."

Between 500,000 and 600,000 Hungarian Jews died in the Holocaust, according to the Holocaust Memorial?Center?in Budapest. According to some accounts, one in three Jews killed in Auschwitz were Hungarian nationals.

Gyongyosi's call came after Foreign Ministry State Secretary Zsolt Nemeth said Budapest favored a peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as benefiting both Israelis with Hungarian ancestry, Hungarian Jews and Palestinians in Hungary.

Gyongyosi, who leads Jobbik's foreign policy cabinet, told Parliament: "I know how many people with Hungarian ancestry live in Israel, and how many Israeli Jews live in Hungary," according to a video posted on Jobbik's website late on Monday.

"I think such a conflict makes it timely to tally up people of Jewish ancestry who live here, especially in the Hungarian Parliament and the Hungarian government, who, indeed, pose a national security risk to Hungary."

Gyongyosi apologizes
Gyongyosi, 35, is the son of a diplomat who grew up mostly in the Middle East and Asia -- Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan and India -- and whose office is decorated by Iranian and Turkish souvenirs. He graduated with a degree in business and political science from Trinity College in Dublin in 2000.

He worked for four years at the Dublin office of KPMG, then returned to Budapest in 2005. He has been active in Jobbik since 2006 and became their representative in parliament in 2010.

Want a European Union passport? Just invest $322,000 in Hungary

The government condemned the remarks.

"The government strictly rejects extremist, racist, anti-Semitic voices of any kind and does everything to suppress such voices," the government spokesman's office said.

Laszlo Kover, the Speaker of parliament, who is from the ruling Fidesz party, also issued a statement on Tuesday in which he called for a tightening of house rules that would allow a sanctioning of such behavior.

Gyongyosi tried to play down his comments on Tuesday, saying he was referring to citizens with dual Israeli-Hungarian citizenship.

"I apologize to my Jewish compatriots for my declarations that could be misunderstood," he said on Jobbik's website.

He later told a news conference that he would not resign and considered the matter "closed," national news agency MTI reported.

King maker?
Jobbik's anti-Semitic discourse often evokes a centuries-old blood libel - the accusation that Jews used Christians' blood in religious rituals.

"Jobbik has moved from representing medieval superstition (of the blood libel) to openly Nazi ideologies," wrote Slomo Koves, chief rabbi of the Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation.

Jobbik registered as a political party in 2003, and gained increasing influence as it radicalized gradually, vilifying Jews and the country's 700,000 Roma.

The group gained notoriety after founding the Hungarian Guard, an unarmed vigilante group reminiscent of World War Two-era far-right groups. It entered Parliament at the 2010 elections and holds 44 of 386 seats.

The center-right government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban has struggled to pull Hungary out of recession as many European countries suffer from an economic crisis.

Orban's Fidesz has lost more than a million voters since 2010, even though it is still the strongest political force.

More than half of Hungary's electorate is undecided and having retained its voter base, some analysts say Jobbik could hold the balance of power in the 2014 elections between Fidesz and the fragmented left-wing opposition.

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How to Clean Up Your Online Presence and Make a Great First Impression

How to Clean Up Your Online Presence and Make a Great First Impression Odds are someone is searching the web for you right now, or at least has looked you up fairly recently. Do you know what they learned? Better yet, do you control the pages and profiles they visited? If not, it's time to take your online reputation into your own hands instead of leaving it to Google. Here's how.


Why First Impressions Matter on the Internet

How to Clean Up Your Online Presence and Make a Great First Impression It's no secret that friends, nosy family members, and potential employers will all take to Google, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to look for more information about you when they want it. In the case of family and friends, they already know you. When it comes to potential employers or people interested in working with you, it's important to make sure that the things they find about you are representative of who you are (or who you want them to think you are.) Photo by Quinn Dombrowski.

You don't have to be a job-seeker to understand the importance of your online reputation, though. You can be a freelancer or entrepreneur who wants to control their image, or just someone who doesn't your name dragged through the mud. It may seem like the wall of Google search results when you search your name is impossible to control, but there are some clever things you can do. In this post, we'll tackle some of them, and by the end you'll have a better picture of what people find when they search for you. With work, you'll even have better control over what they find.

Step One: Find Out Where You Stand (and Erase Embarrassments)

Before we get started, it's a good idea to see what others see when they search for you. Then we can tweak what we find so it's representative of the "you" that you want the public to see, not just what Google collects.

Search For Yourself on Google and Facebook

We'll start with Google. You've probably done a vanity Google search before, but if not, now's the time. Just log out of your Google accounts or use a browser where you're not logged in (Google personalizes results based on your account activity) and search for your name. Don't bother going more than a few pages deep, and make note of what you see. Remember, making a good first impression requires actually making an impression. While turning up nothing means no one will find anything bad, it also means they won't learn anything good about you, and that can be pretty bad too.

How to Clean Up Your Online Presence and Make a Great First Impression Next, let's check Facebook. You can view your public self on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+:

  1. Log out (or use a browser that's logged out) and search for yourself by name. Even if you don't use your name as your account ID, it may be easy to find yourself with a quick name search. See if that's the case, and see what's visible.
  2. Log back in and view your profile "as public." Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+ all make it easy to do this from your profile page. This way you can see what your profile looks like to someone who stumbles on you, even if you're not easily found.
  3. Optional: Go deeper.We've covered how to do an even deeper dive on someone before. Most people won't go to such lengths, but if you're curious, give it a try.

Clean Up Any Results You Don't Like

Now that you've seen what others see, it's time to get rid of anything you don't like. You can't trust you'll have the opportunity to explain the bad stuff away in a phone or in-person interview. We've discussed how to fix internet embarrassments before. Whether the behavior is your own, someone trolled you and set up fake profiles to defame you, or someone's been impersonating you online, here's how to handle it for each service:

  • How to Clean Up Your Online Presence and Make a Great First ImpressionGoogle and Other Search Engines: If you found the offending results at Google or another search engine, ask them to remove the pages from their results. Google has a process for this, and another for Google Images, but they only apply to pages that have been taken down, or old, cached versions of pages that are still up-it's not for pulling down any old page. DuckDuckGo has a feedback form, as does Bing, where you can submit takedown requests for non-legal reasons.
  • Facebook: Deleting is your best option (so no one takes screenshots or makes your private posts public without you knowing.) Alternatively, change post visibility individually, or can go go to Privacy Settings > Limit Past Post Visibility to hide everything at once. Get familiar with Facebook's privacy options, and if the content is on Facebook but not under your control, we have some tips to help. Don't get caught making the same mistake Lindsey Stone did. Make sure private posts are truly private, the only things public are the ones that showcase your public persona, and you think before you post.
  • How to Clean Up Your Online Presence and Make a Great First ImpressionTwitter: Twitter is easy, just look at your profile by name. If your profile is public, everyone can see it, and if you use your real name as your handle, it's easy to find. You can take your account private, but that won't stop public users from quoting you (although it does stop retweets) or responding to you publicly. Remember, Twitter is probably the most public of all networks. Think before you tweet.
  • Google+: Your posts at Google+ aren't as important as your Google profile. Hide anything you saw but wanted private when you viewed your profile earlier. Make useful details (a contact email address, links to your portfolio or personal web site, etc) are visible. Create topical circles for sharing and familiarize yourself with Google+'s privacy settings.
  • LinkedIn: If you post articles to LinkedIn, make sure they're professional in nature and relevant to the public persona you want to put forward. While you're there, go ahead and fill out your profile with additional details: odds are your profile may be incomplete, or the last time you updated it was the last time you changed jobs.

If all else fails, you can turn to services that promise to protect your online reputation. They're usually effective, but they all cost money. For example, previously mentioned BrandYourself and Reputation.com (formerly Reputation Defender) will all help streamline this process for you.

Step Two: Beef Up Your Online Presence with Better Profiles, a Nameplate Site, and More

Now that we've ditched the bad stuff, it's time to build up the good stuff. Potential employers, business contacts, and people you network with will look you up anyway, so why not make sure what they find is what you want them to know?

How to Clean Up Your Online Presence and Make a Great First ImpressionSpruce Up Your Social Networks. Your social networks can be valuable tools if you use them. Update your LinkedIn profile with your interests and skills, not just your work history. Add some relevant interests to Facebook and leave them public. You may even want to like a few job or industry-related pages, or create a Facebook page specifically for your professional persona. Upload a good-looking profile photo to your Facebook, Twitter, and Google profiles, and consider filling out your photo gallery with flattering shots of you, your work, or even your projects and things you've worked on. Use every opportunity to showcase your skills, talents and interests, whether it's in the "Likes" section of your Facebook profile, or the photos in your Instagram account. There's nothing wrong with food photos at Instagram if you're a self-described foodie, for example.

Sign up for new services that best showcase your skills. For example, if you want your indie film to get attention or you want to expand the audience of your video podcast, consider signing up for Vimeo as well as YouTube. You get access to a whole new community, and much more exposure. Are you a writer? Consider nabbing a named Tumblr account, even if you already blog at Wordpress. If you're a photographer and want to build a portfolio, consider hosting your photos at Flickr, Smugmug, and Picasa to get the most exposure and make it easy for people to find you. At the very least, you can direct visitors to the service you regularly use.

How to Clean Up Your Online Presence and Make a Great First Impression Get a nameplate site (or several) that accurately reflects who you are. Choose the best nameplate site for the information you want to convey and sign up. For example, almost anyone can benefit from an About.me, Flavors.me, or Vizify account, but students may want to try Seelio because you can upload videos and projects that show off your skills even if you don't have a resume to speak of. Business owners with projects can use Sidengo because their template pages feature things like contact pages, maps, and document downloads for things like forms and menus. They're all free, and do a great job of linking visitors to networks you already use while conveying useful information.

How to Clean Up Your Online Presence and Make a Great First ImpressionGet your own domain and use it as a portfolio and for email. Owning your own domain is extremely valuable and worth more than the money you'll pay to get it. Before you say "all the best domains are gone," keep in mind that even if you can't get yourname.com, you should be able to get a variation on it that's close enough. If you can't use your name, pick a domain you're comfortable using as your personal banner and use that instead. Once you're registered with a great registrar, choose a great hosting company and set up shop. If you're a writer, host your own blog, or publish selected clips of your writing from other blogs. Republish yourself if you wrote something amazing elsewhere. If you're a photographer or artist, use your domain as a portfolio to showcase your work. You can even just use it as an additional nameplate site. Behind the scenes, use your domain for email. It looks professional and every email you send is an invitation for the recipient to come and see your portfolio, full of links to the things you want them to see.

Make the most of those services. Make sure all of your profiles are filled out with as much useful information as possible. Don't just sign up and walk away. Upload a good photo of yourself to your social networks and nameplates?preferably a flattering one?so potential employers and new friends alike see you at your best. Use a consistent email address across all of those services so it's easy to get in touch with you, and cross-link them to one another frequently. This makes sure anyone who lands on one can easily get to everything else you do, and makes it easier for Google to index the real you.

Keep an eye on the results. For people who just want a good face and impression, you can stop here. For others who enjoy analyzing how people find them, most nameplate services offer analytics so you can see how people find you and where they click to leave. Add Google Analytics to your personal site and portfolio to see how well you're being recieved, and what people come to your site to see. This way you can keep an eye on who's looking for you and what their eyes are drawn to when they find you.

Step Three: Keep Your Best Foot Forward

How to Clean Up Your Online Presence and Make a Great First Impression By now, you've done your homework to find out what other people find when they look for you, cleaned up your profiles, and added content to the web that you control so people only see what you want them to learn about you. As you go forward with your shiny, professional online persona, make sure to keep it clean by following the fundamental rule of sharing on the internet: don't post it if you don't want it to be public. The internet is a big place with a long memory. Internet Shame Insurance can remind you if you're about to post something you might regret. Photo by Lukas Mathis.

Keep in mind that your ideal online first impression doesn't have to be a perfect, rosy picture of your personality, just a truthful one. We agree with XKCD on this point?if putting your best foot forward keeps you from being a jerk, then great, but don't let it stifle your brilliance or keep you from expressing your opinion and being true to your ideals. After all, those are the things we want people to learn about us when they go looking.

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