Bomb at Egyptian Coptic Church in Libya Kills Two

Bomb at Egyptian-Run Church in Libya Kills 2

By By ESAM MOHAMED Associated Press
TRIPOLI, Libya December 30, 2012 (AP)

Egypt's Foreign Ministry says an explosion at an Egyptian Coptic church in Libya's third largest city, Misrata, has killed two people and wounded two others.

The statement by the Foreign Ministry says Sunday's explosion killed two Egyptian citizens working at the church in preparation for traditional New Year's Eve mass.

Egypt's ambassador visited the church in the coastal city after the attack and urged Libyan security forces to ensure the property is guarded.

A Libyan security official says the deadly attack was caused by a bomb made from an explosive material that typically requires a detonator. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the incident is still under investigation.

Tens of thousands of Egyptian workers have returned to work in Libya following last year's civil war, despite security dangers.

Two Egyptians killed in Libya church blast: Officials

Published December 30th, 2012 - 20:35 GMT via SyndiGate.info

Two dead in blast in Misrata.

At least two Egyptians have lost their lives and two others wounded in a bomb attack on an Egyptian Orthodox Church near the Western Libyan city of Misrata, officials say.

?Two Egyptians were killed and two were wounded," said an unnamed diplomat at the Egyptian Embassy in Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Sunday.

Those wounded were rushed to a nearby hospital for medical treatment, he added.

The attack took place on Saturday in Dafniya, a Mediterranean village situated some 30 kilometers (18.5 miles) west of Misrata, after two unknown assailants threw a homemade explosive at the church.

Following the attack, Egyptian ministry?s spokesman Amr Rushdi issued a statement saying that ?The Egyptian Embassy in Tripoli is holding contacts with the Libyan interior and foreign ministries to take urgent measures to secure buildings belonging to the Egyptian Church in Libya.?

Reports say that Libyan officials have launched an investigation into the deadly incident.

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DIM ? The Key in Preventing Estrogen-Generated Cancer in Both ...

December 30, 2012 Cervical dysplasia researcher Cervical Cancer

Did you know for decades the FDA has allowed estrogens in your food?

Sure estrogens may preserve our food, kill insects and make farm animals grow big and fat incredibly fast. But these benefits are for the food producer but neglect your health the consumer.

In women, this excess amount of estrogen causes anxiety, worsens premenstrual symptoms and increases risks of endometriosis, uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts and breast cancer. It?s also responsible for the dramatic worsening of menopause symptoms in modern times.

For men, the excess amount of estrogen relentlessly signals their prostates to grow. It causes feminization, weakness and fatigue and worsens the loss of virility that occurs with age. It appears to be nature?s plan to gradually withdraw masculine capabilities as we grow old. But now men are living longer yet losing virility younger than ever. This combination of trends is creating a whole generation of ?avirile? tired old men. And some of them aren?t that old. The fast pace of this trend occurring in younger and younger guys is alarming.

If I look at the list of clients I saw last week, I?ll bet at least 10 had problems related to excess estrogen. For some the level was so high and the medical consequences so severe that prescription medications were necessary and those clients were referred to their primary physicians. (The pharmaceutical industry developed these medications to treat estrogen-dependent breast cancers.) But for most, I used a nutritional solution.

This nutritional solution is the same one I?ve been using for years, it?s safe and simple.

The first step to combat your involuntary dosing with estrogens is simply to eat more ?crucifers?. Crucifers are a group of vegetables including broccoli, Brussels?s sprouts, cauliflower and cabbage.

When you eat a vegetable like broccoli, your body breaks down the broccoli?s glucobrassicin into a compound called indole-3-carbinol (I3C). I3C plays an active role in flushing your body of cancer-causing chemicals. I3C is naturally broken down in your digestive tract to DIM (diindolylmethane). DIM is a key to prevent estrogen-generated cancers in men and women.

DIM clears rogue steroids into your urine. These steroids cause cancers to grow in both men and women. Breast, cervical, and prostate cancers all fit this scenario. We have known that these cancer cells grow slower in the presence of DIM for several years. Many animal and human studies have focused on breast, uterine, and cervical cancer. All have had positive results. Cancer cell growth slows down when introduced to DIM.

But the most impressive result is from a recent Journal of Biological Chemistry. University of California, Berkeley researchers discovered that when DIM was administered to prostate cancer cells, they stopped growing. And the cancer cells were reduced by 70%.

The most natural way to get DIM is through eating cruciferous vegetables. They have an abundance of I3C, vitamins, and other nutrients. Try to eat cruciferous vegetables at least daily. I find this easy to do if I plan my meals ahead of time.

You can also take DIM as a supplement. I usually start clients with a 100 mg DIM capsule. 2 capsules can provide the DIM equivalent to a pound of vegetables. DIM can be purchased at your local health food store or online.

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The Copyright Monopoly Is A Legal Featherweight Compared To ...

In our series of misconceptions about the copyright monopoly, some people defending the monopoly keep asserting that it carries the same legal weight as property rights. This is not so much misguided, as it is merely factually wrong from every angle.

When faced with the fact that the copyright monopoly is a limitation of property rights, some defenders of the monopoly claim that property rights and the copyright monopoly ?carry equal legal weight anyway?, in an attempt to downplay that argument?s importance in the debate about the copyright monopoly?s legitimacy. Their claim calls for fact checking and further scrutiny.

When comparing the copyright monopoly to the property rights that it limits, we can go to the constitution of many countries to compare their respective weights. Starting with the US Constitution, we can readily observe that property rights are a long-running tradition of the British Common Law, and find several passages that limit Congress? ability to curtail those property rights by law.

One of the most-quoted of these passages may be in the US Bill of Rights, in the Fifth Amendment: ??nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation?.

In contrast to safeguarding property rights, the US Constitution does not require the Congress to have any copyright monopoly at all on the law books, but merely grants Congress the power to enact such a monopoly (?exclusive rights?) if it finds that doing so promotes the development of culture and knowledge.

We find this passage in Chapter 8 of the US Constitution: ?[Congress has the right] ?to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.?

The right to create the monopoly ? but not the obligation.

So, property rights are constitutionally safeguarded, whereas the copyright monopoly may exist as a law or it may not, as Congress desires from day to day. That is obviously not the same legal weight. The copyright monopoly is a featherweight by comparison.

Other countries show the same pattern. Let?s look at Sweden, where property rights are similarly protected in the constitution.

In Sweden?s Regeringsformen constitution, chapter 2 para 15, we find that ??the property of everyone shall be safe against expropriation to public or private interests, except when needed to accommodate urgent public interests?, in which case full compensation blah blah. Pretty much a mirror image of the US Bill of Rights. And what do we find about the copyright monopoly? It is indeed in the constitution, in the very next paragraph:

Chapter 2, para 16: ?Authors, photographers, and artists have rights to their works that are determined by ordinary law? [as decided by Parliament].

Thus, we observe the same difference in legal weight here ? the property rights are heavily safeguarded in the constitution, with no rights for Parliament to jeopardize them, whereas the copyright monopoly can be abolished, changed radically, or turned into ice cream tomorrow if the Swedish Parliament so desires.

That is obviously not the same legal weight. The copyright monopoly is a featherweight by comparison.

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Rick is the founder of the first Pirate Party and is a political evangelist, traveling around Europe and the world to talk and write about ideas of a sensible information policy. He has a tech entrepreneur background and loves whisky.

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ATB: New Mexico Opens Eyes, UCLA Arrives and Diamond Head Classic Produces Dramatic Finish?

* Editor?s Note: Due to a light schedule over the past week, this edition of the ATB covers all games played from Monday through Friday.

Chris Johnson is an RTC Columnist. He can be reached @ChrisDJohnsonn.?

The Week?s Lede. Wrapping Up Holiday Week.? When college basketball thins out over the Christmas Holiday, so too does the ATB. This version will cover an entire week of games, meager and diffuse though they were. If you took a break from the sport this week, there?s not a whole lot you missed out on, outside a few appealing contests towards the end of the week, and a sneaky good tournament in Hawaii which featured one of the best game-saving plays all season and which, in essence, amounted to a total scheduling coup. (note to Feast Week event organizers: push your tournaments into December, if only to make this dry lull a little more palatable). That doesn?t sum up everything that went down. Just last night, we saw an undefeated top 10 team lose in its own building, and there?s plenty on tap for the weekend ahead. Consider this a refresher to prep you for the last weekend of significant non-conference action. Which reminds me: conference play is finally upon us! That means really, really good things. Now, let?s have our look back at this here week of Holiday Hoops.

Your Watercooler Moment. Diamond Head Classic Produces A Gem Of Non-Conference Action.

When 2012-13 is all said and done, the Diamond Head Classic will be mostly remembered for one thing: Arizona guard Nick Johnson?s acrobatic swat to deny San Diego State?s Chase Tapley in the final seconds and clinch the championship trophy. It was arguably the best individual defensive play we?ve seen all season, and if it wasn?t the best, then certainly the most important. In beating San Diego State, Arizona not only solidified its status as the best team on the West Coast, but it beat a deep, athletic, well-coached, disciplined SDSU team on a neutral floor, which is a notable feat on its own, but even more impressive when you stack it on top of the 19-point bludgeoning the Wildcats put on Miami in the semifinals. That was a humbling blow for the Hurricanes, a team that many were touting as the second best in the ACC after that nice 22-point road win at UCF. Worse was the two-point loss to Indiana State that followed; not to take anything away from Jake Odum and the Sycamores, but if you?re the second best team in the ACC, you don?t lose that game. And it should be noted: ISU had a very nice time out on the islands. Scraping out overtime wins against Ole Miss and Miami is the type of thing that spawns serious reevaluation of an already top-heavy MVC. All in all, the field didn?t disappoint, churned out a few surprising results and staged maybe the most thrilling, high-stakes, down-to-the-wire fixture of the season outside of Butler-Indiana and UCLA-Missouri.

Also Worth Chatting About. Lobos Bounce Back.

New Mexico?s Win at Cincy, Led by Alex Kirk, Was an Important One

Beyond the outward toughness and hard-nosed defense and equalized intensity across its roster, it was hard to draw too much from New Mexico?s early-season track record. Home wins over Dayton, USC and Valparaiso; neutral court wins over George Mason and UConn; the timeless strain of a road trip to rival New Mexico State ? that is a nice selection of good but not great teams. It is not the work of a top-10-caliber club. The Lobos traveled to No. 8 Cincinnati Thursday night with perception-altering intentions on their minds. And boy, did they alter some perceptions. New Mexico took the physical brand of basketball Cincinnati hangs its hat on and threw it right back at Mick Cronin?s team. Kendall Williams and Tony Snell went right at Jaquon Parker, Cashmere Wright and Sean Kilpatrick in the backcourt (while providing stingy defense for much of the night), and Lobos seven-footer Alex Kirk played his best game of the season, to the extreme chagrin of Cincinnati?s undercooked frontcourt. In the end, this game ? like so many others ? came down to shot-making: The Bearcats converted just 31.3 percent from the field, and didn?t really make up for it at the free throw line (3-of-4). It was a wakeup call for the Bearcats in that their patented formula ? crash the glass, grind opponents with physical defense and an intimidating backcourt ? is not totally unassailable. In fact, no game plan functions quite right when you shoot as poorly as Cincinnati did Thursday night.

Your Quick Hits?

• UCLA Comes Together.?In the preseason when UCLA was being thrown around as a legitimate national championship contender, beating Missouri would not have seemed nearly as important as it does now. But because the Bruins have had so much trouble living up to those massive expectations, and because Ben Howland?s No. 1 recruiting class is still sorting things out on both ends of the floor, and because this team has overcome the lowest of lows ? losing to Cal Poly, along with the departures of two players ? there is no understating what a win like this can do for UCLA?s on and off-court chemistry and confidence as it turns to the Pac-12 portion of its schedule. Depending on your source, the Bruins were a 3.5-point favorite against Missouri. That is not an accurate snapshot of the overall perceptions of these teams. UCLA had taken its lumps in every non-conference game of note, weathered internal and external obstacles (fan apathy, for one), embarrassed itself against San Diego State at a John Wooden-themed event in Anaheim in a putative battle for the state of California, all the while shoving off rumors of Ben Howland?s endangered job status. Missouri, meanwhile, has looked like the best team in the SEC. Don?t let Vegas fool you; this was an upset ? an important one.
• Gonzaga Is Good. Now We Have Proof. It would be easy for me to ramble on about how Gonzaga needed a big win over an upper-level high-major opponent to anchor its non-conference docket, or how the Zags triggered all kinds of uncertainty and doubts after losing at home to Illinois. I?m not going to do either of those things, because Gonzaga is posting top 25 figures in both offensive and defensive efficiency and has backed up its gaudy statistical profile on the court all season long. This is a very good basketball team. All Friday night?s 94-87 win over Baylor did was cement that self-evident truth in everyone?s mind. It also showed that when Kevin Pangos goes 7-of-10 from downtown, and Kelly Olynyk and Elias Harris get in on the act with a combined 38 points and 11 rebounds, you?re going to have a tough time keeping up with Mark Few?s team. Up next for Gonzaga: a trip to Oklahoma State for an excellent New Year?s Eve treat.
• Mitchell Returns For St. Louis. Any early-season assessment of St. Louis? place among a pack of quality outfits in the A-10 almost always ended the same way: let?s reserve judgment until Kwamain Mitchell returns from injury. The senior guard made his 2012-13 debut Friday night, and not a moment too soon. The Billikens didn?t need Mitchell to take care of SIU-Edwardsville at home. What they will need him for is an upcoming visit from road-tough New Mexico, who will travel to Chaifetz Arena on New Year?s Eve hoping to pick up another road win in a foreign environment against a hard-nosed defensive team. Mitchell will help the Billikens try to avoid Cincinnati?s unfortunate Thursday night fate.
• Indiana Sharp Before Big Ten Play. You can?t fault Indiana fans for having nerves about a New Year?s date at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa is playing some really efficient per-possession defense, gobbles up its own misses at a top 25 rate, boasts enough interior length to harass Cody Zeller and Christian Watford, and can be a massive challenge in its home gym. The good news is that the Hoosiers looks as locked-in as they have all season. In thrashing Jacksonville at home Friday night, Indiana pushed its baseline margin of victory over the last three games to 34 points. The counterpoint to that string of dominance is that Big Ten competition inevitably will force the Hoosiers to play close games, the likes of which Iowa is capable of forcing as early as Monday night. The counter to the counter is that Indiana has already played (and lost) a close game, and thus should be ready for the demands of pressure situations. And now we?re just running into all sorts of rhetorical pretzels and logical conundrums. Indiana is ready for conference play; let?s leave it there.

And Miss?

• New Additions Not Jelling In Providence. The mid-December entry of Kris Dunn and Sidiki Johnson into the Friars? rotation was supposed to give Ed Cooley a closer version of his team at full strength. Ricky Ledo?s partial qualifier status meant Providence wouldn?t unleash the full depths of its newfound talent this season, but Dunn and Johnson, playing alongside junior forward Kadeem Batts, sophomore swingman LaDontae Henton and a now-healthy Vincent Council (junior guard Bryce Cotton was unavailable due to a knee injury), made for an offensively potent dynamic. The Friars have now dropped consecutive games against Boston College and Brown. The first loss isn?t all that bad ? the Eagles, even in their current morass, have a solid low-post presence in 6?8?? forward Ryan Anderson. Getting tripped up at Brown, with a match-up against No. 4 Louisville looming after the New Year? Now that?s going to raise some eyebrows.

Homecourt Clinic Of The Week. Most kids welcome Christmas break as a time to go home, enjoy the comfort of their own beds, spend quality time with family members, and eat unseen amounts of sugary holiday delicacies. Michigan freshman Nik Stauskas is not most kids. The sharp-shooting guard took it upon himself to show everyone just how lethal his 55.7 percent long-range stroke can be in a 50-shot sample, with no defenders in sight, and in what looks like an awesome home court setup (with a special nod to whatever landscaper was put to the task of bordering the area). Shame on him for missing one-tenth of his shots.

The Week?s All-Americans.? ? ? ??

• Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga (NPOY) ? For Baylor to realistically have designs on knocking off Gonzaga at the Kennel, Pierre Jackson needed to outduel Pangos in a crucial point guard match-up. Seven three-pointers and 31 points later, and I think we know who came out on top here (to his credit, Jackson did play a very nice game, highlighted by 26 points).
• Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA?? Finally, he has arrived: the Shabazz Muhammad we?ve all been waiting for, the surefire lottery pick with the power to lead UCLA back to familiar Final Four territory on sheer talent alone, the one player who could end the Bruins? early-season rut. Muhammad had 27 points in a huge win over Missouri Friday night.
• Brandon Davies, BYU ? The Cougars are not challenging Gonzaga (or Saint Mary?s, for that matter) in the WCC. Don?t let that shroud the tremendous low post work of Davies, who finished with 27 points and 10 rebounds in a win over Northern Arizona.
• Phil Pressey, Missouri?? So. So. Close. Pressey needed just one more point and one more assist to lock up an almost unheard-of 20/20 point-assist stat line. Even in a losing effort, Pressey deserves a mention here.
• Jordan Hulls, Indiana ? Shoot 6-for-9 from behind the three-point line (and finish with 20 points in the process), and I don?t care if you?re name is Jordan Hulls and your long-range marksmanship is a basic tenet of college hoops life in 2012-13. This week?s All-American you are.

Tweet Of The Week. The final result wasn?t ideal, but San Diego State left the Diamond Head Classic with new levels of national respect ? that?s what tends to happen when most of the college hoops viewing public is focused on one game and one game only. The Aztecs are longer and deeper than ever before, and with Chase Tapley and Jamaal Franklin anchoring the offense, they have more than enough star power to win the MW and roll deep into March.

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PFT: Shanahan: No one has ever played at RG3's level

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A funny thing happened in the course of Lomas Brown trying to walk back his claim last week that he once intentionally missed a block in order to get his teammate Scott Mitchell injured: Brown says he has discovered that his memory is wrong, and the play on which he purposely missed a block is different than the play on which Mitchell suffered a season-ending injury.

That?s what Brown told Gregg Doyel of CBS: According to Brown, the former Lions left tackle who is now an ESPN commentator, ESPN went through its archives and found the play that ended Mitchell?s season, and it wasn?t the same play that Brown remembered.

After Brown?s boast about purposely getting Mitchell hurt became a hot topic in the NFL this week, someone posted a video on YouTube that appears to show the play that got Mitchell hurt in a loss to the Packers. That play does show Brown lining up at left tackle and turning to the inside, leaving Packers right defensive end Sean Jones alone to rush to the outside and get a free shot at Mitchell. But as the New York Times noted, there?s really no way to know whether Brown was supposed to block Jones on that play and intentionally let him go, or whether the Lions? pass protection on that play called for Brown to block to the inside.

Brown?s memory of the 1994 game is faulty. He described the Lions as being down 24-3 at the time he missed his block, but the score of that game was never 24-3. Based on the YouTube video, it appears that the score was actually 10-0 when Mitchell was hurt. And Brown?s description of the play suggests that he initially engaged Jones but then let him go, while the video shows Brown turning inside at the snap and never going near Jones.

In any event, whether Mitchell?s injury actually happened on a play on which Brown intentionally missed a block isn?t particularly important. Either (1) Brown tried to injure a teammate and succeeded, or (2) Brown tried to injure a teammate and failed but happened to get his wish because the teammate got injured on another play in the same game. Brown initially claimed option 1 but now claims option 2. Neither of those options reflects well on Brown.

The third option is that Brown fabricated a story about intentionally injuring a teammate because he thought that would be a swell way to get attention. That sounds ridiculous, but considering that Brown makes his living by appearing on ESPN First Take, a show that encourages its panelists to seek attention by making outrageous statements, it?s plausible.

If that?s what happened, and Brown has now discovered that the attention he generated is unwanted, claiming that he wasn?t actually responsible for Mitchell?s injury might be Brown?s way of attempting to minimize the damage to his reputation. But whatever Brown may say now, his reputation has been permanently tarnished.

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Black Galaxy Note 2 spotted, reportedly coming in early 2013

Rumors of new Samsung Galaxy Note 2 colors are nothing new, and nothing particularly surprising, given the diverse palette of Galaxy S3 colors now available. Since the phone's launch, though, many have to been hankering for a Galaxy Note 2 in classic black. If the latest rumors are to be believed, that's exactly what'll be coming in early 2013.

Swiss blog AndroidSlash has today come across a high-res press render of a Note 2 in black. And, well, it's a Galaxy Note 2. In black. Interesting to note is that the black Note 2 seems to retain its faux-metal texture, whereas the black Galaxy S3 lost this effect in favor of glossy plastic finish.

There's speculation that this, and other Note 2 color variants, will be shown at Mobile World Congress in February. But remember Samsung's also going to be at CES in just over a week, so there's a chance we might see the Note 2's new coat of paint sooner than expected. Lucky for you we'll be reporting live from both shows in the new year.

Anyone want to place bets on when the inevitable berry pink version will appear?

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Newtown trying to give kids a sense of normalcy

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) ? The children at the Sandy Hook Elementary school won't be returning to classes for another week, but officials from the town, school district and local agencies are doing their best in the meantime to keep them occupied following a massacre at their school two weeks ago.

The students have not attended school since a gunman killed 20 of their schoolmates and six adults on Dec. 14. They are slated to return to a different school next Thursday.

In the meantime, they've been treated to field trips, toy giveaways and some organized play time.

"A couple of the teachers have done pizza parties," said Janet Robinson, Newtown's school superintendent. "Another met her kids at the library so they could have a little reading time together. The most important thing has been connecting the students back to their teacher and their classmates."

The Newtown Youth Academy, a nonprofit sports center, opened its doors to all kids in town at no cost shortly after the shooting. But from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. last week, the building's turf field, basketball and tennis courts, and giant inflatable obstacle course were reserved just for Sandy Hook Elementary students.

There have been arts and crafts for the smaller kids, as well as face-paintings. Some celebrities, including two members of the Harlem Globetrotters and former University of Connecticut basketball star Tina Charles, also have stopped by to play with the children. UConn's men's basketball team was making a trip Thursday.

"The idea was to get them away from the house, the television and all the coverage of this tragedy and get them to a place where kids can just be kids," said owner Peter D'Amico, a longtime youth coach in town.

On Thursday afternoon, school buses were loading up at the Youth Academy for a trip to Stamford and a larger complex, Chelsea Piers, which also has ice rinks and an indoor swimming pool, he said. Sports celebrities, such as Brooklyn Nets forward Kris Humphries, planned to meet them there. No media were allowed.

University of Connecticut psychologist Julian Ford, who spent time counseling in Newtown in the first days after the shooting, said it's important for the grieving process to include an outlet that lets children know that while things will never be the same, it's OK to enjoy life.

"They are all going to be thinking about what happened," he said. "That, unfortunately, is inescapable. But this gives them a chance to say, 'Life is carrying on.' Nothing will be the same, but it's also continuing in ways that it should be."

Some students and their parents on Thursday toured the Chalk Hill school in Monroe, a former middle school being reopened next week for the Sandy Hook students. An open house is planned for Wednesday.

"Getting back into the school is like getting back on the horse," Robinson said. "Some of the scariness is gone once they cross that threshold. They are just so happy to see their teachers."

State police said they plan to keep their contact with the children to a minimum as they continue investigating the shooting.

"We certainly don't want to traumatize them any more than they've already been traumatized," said Lt. J. Paul Vance, the department's spokesman. "If (an interview is) not necessary it won't be done. Our investigators will make all those determinations."

In the meantime, Ford has encouraged parents to keep the kids involved in a normal holiday routine and deal with the tragedy as it comes up, rather than making it a focal point of their lives.

David Connors, who has 8-year-old triplets who attend Sandy Hook, said he and his wife have made play dates with their friends, brought the kids to see family for the holidays and participated in the class get-togethers and recreation events.

"That's been, I think, helpful at least in the short term just to kind of keep them doing things, keep them seeing their friends and being nearby and talking to family," Connors said.

Todd Wood of Newtown has five children, the youngest age 4 and the oldest in college. His children's piano teacher lost a child in the shooting, and the family knows other victims as well.

He said he's found that each child has reacted differently to the tragedy. He said he is not making the shooting the center of his family's life but is not pretending it didn't happen, either.

"We did Christmas, we had our lights here, we've tried to make things as normal as possible," he said. "But we also went down to see the memorials. I don't want to shield them from it. I want to let them grieve in their own way."

Ford said that is healthy. He said children will remember their friends as they go about doing normal kid things.

Chris Wolcott, the sport's academy's operations manager, said the best part of having the kids at the center is that the tragedy is pushed aside, at least for a little while.

"A couple times someone would drop a weight (in the facility's health center) and you would hear a bang and there would be a kid who would freeze for a second," he said. "But that would last a split-second. Most of the time, everyone just had a great time."

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Associated Press writer John Christoffersen in New Haven, Conn., contributed to this report.

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Police offer 'virtual ridealongs' via Twitter

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) ? Riding side by side as a police officer answers a call for help or investigates a brutal crime during a ridealong gives citizens an up close look at the gritty and sometimes dangerous situations officers can experience on the job.

But a new social media approach to informing the public about what officers do is taking hold at police departments across the United States and Canada ? one that is far less dangerous for citizens but, police say, just as informative.

With virtual ridealongs on Twitter, or tweetalongs, curious citizens just need a computer or smartphone for a glimpse into law enforcement officers' daily routines.

Tweetalongs typically are scheduled for a set number of hours, with an officer ? or a designated tweeter like the department's public information officer ? posting regular updates to Twitter about what they see and do while on duty. The tweets, which also include photos and links to videos of the officers, can encompass an array of activities ? everything from an officer responding to a homicide to a noise complaint.

Police departments say virtual ridealongs reach more people at once and add transparency to the job.

"People spend hard-earned money on taxes to allow the government to provide services. That's police, fire, water, streets, the whole works, and there should be a way for those government agencies to let the public know what they're getting for their money," said Chief Steve Allender of the Rapid City Police Department in South Dakota, which started offering tweetalongs several months ago ? https://twitter.com/rcpdtweetalong ? after watching departments in Seattle, Kansas City, Mo., and Las Vegas do so.

On the day before Thanksgiving, Tarah Heupel, the Rapid City Police Department's public information officer, rode alongside Street Crimes Officer Ron Terviel. Heupel posted regular updates every few minutes about what Terviel was doing, including the officer citing a woman for public intoxication, responding to a call of three teenagers attempting to steal cough syrup and body spray from a store and locating a man who ran from the scene of an accident. Photos were included in some of the tweets.

Michael Taddesse, a 34-year-old university career specialist in Arlington, Texas, has done several ridealongs with police and regularly follows multiple departments that conduct tweetalongs.

"I think the only way to effectively combat crime is to have a community that is engaged and understands what's going on," he said.

Ridealongs where "you're out in the elements" are very different than sitting behind a computer during a tweetalong and the level of danger is "dramatically decreased," he said. But in both instances, the passenger gains new information about the call, what laws may or may not have been broken and what transpires, he added.

For police departments, tweetalongs are just one more way to connect directly with a community through social media.

More than 92 percent of police departments use social media, according to a survey of 600 agencies in 48 states conducted by the International Association of Chiefs of Police's Center for Social Media. And Nancy Kolb, senior program manager for IACP, called tweetalongs a "growing trend" among departments of all sizes.

There is no set protocol and departments are free to conduct the tweetalong how they see fit, she said.

In Ontario, Canada, the Niagara Regional Police Service conducted their first virtual ridealong in August over a busy eight-hour Friday night shift. The police department's followers were able to see a tweet whenever the police unit was dispatched to one of the more than 140,000 calls received that night.

Richard Gadreau, the social media officer for the police department, said officers routinely take people out on real ridealongs, but there is a waiting list and preference is given to people interested in becoming an officer.

With tweetalongs, many calls also mean many tweets. Kolb said departments are cognizant of cluttering peoples' Twitter feeds.

That's why the Rapid City Police Department decided to create a separate account for the tweetalong, Allender said.

Kolb also said officers are careful not to tweet personal or sensitive information. Officers typically do not tweet child abuse or domestic abuse cases, and they usually only tweet about a call after they leave the scene to protect officers and callers.

But Allender, the chief of police in Rapid City, said tweetalongs also show some of the more outrageous calls police deal with on a regular basis ? like the kid who breaks out the window of a police car while the officer is standing on the sidewalk.

"Real life is funnier than any comedy show out there and not to make fun of people, embarrass them or humiliate them, but people do funny things," Allender said. "... I mean, that guy deserves a little bit of ridicule, and everyone who would be watching would agree. That's just good clean fun to me."

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Rapid City Police Department's "Tweetalong" account: https://twitter.com/rcpdtweetalong

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/police-offer-virtual-ridealongs-via-twitter-203144041.html

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AUTOS: Top 10 Stories Of 2012 - Cars On SPEED

Here are the top 10 automotive stories that spun our wheels during 2012, the year that the ancient Mayans said would be the last. They were wrong.

Carroll Shelby Dies ? Certainly not unexpected since the performance-car icon was 89 and a long-time heart-transplant recipient, yet the death of the little ole Texas chicken farmer ? who drove to victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, led Ford?s defeat of Ferrari in Europe and, oh yeah, created one of the greatest sports cars of all time, the Shelby Cobra ? was still a shock to the automotive firmament. And in typical showman style, Shelby manages to die in the same year that the 50th anniversary of the Cobra was being celebrated worldwide. Shelby?s driving partner for the victory at Le Mans in 1959, Roy Salvadori, also died this year.

Auto Sales Boom ? Despite continuing stress in the economy, the U.S. auto market comes back strong with nationwide sales that by the end of the year start to rival the best annual results before the financial crash in 2008. The domestic brands are big winners, Toyota and Honda return to their high levels after losses resulting from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and BMW retains its crown as top-selling luxury brand, ahead of Lexus and Mercedes-Benz.

One of the top sales for Barrett-Jackson's Scottsdale auction in January was the $2.915 million result for a 1948 Tucker Torpedo. (Photo: Bob Golfen) Collector Cars Rule ? From Monterey, Calif., to Amelia Island, Fla., the unbridled passion for old cars of every ilk hit new heights, starting off with a roaring Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale sale in January totaling $92 million and running through a record-high $260 million sold at Monterey?s six collector car and motorcycle auctions. Values of top-drawer collector cars were through the roof, especially vintage sports and race cars from Ferrari and other great marques, and classic cars from such notables as Mercedes-Benz and Duesenberg, which routinely sailed into seven figures. The market for more-affordable collector cars was also booming, as interest in and prices for Mustangs, Camaros, custom hot rods, sports cars and muscle cars continue to surge.

Suzuki Packs It In ? Always a bit player on the U.S. automotive stage, Suzuki shuts down its entire car-selling operation in the United States in the face of perennially lagging sales, spotty dealership count and nothing in the pipeline. The Japanese company?s auto failure contrasts with its booming success as a builder of performance motorcycles, which will still be sold here along with watercraft products.

Performance Is Back ? Supercars and muscle cars stormed through another great year, many of them racing past the 500- and 600-horsepower marks, zero-60 times under 3 seconds and top speeds exceeding 200 mph.

Getting Clean ? Hybrids and electric cars took center stage in both the environmental and performance arenas. On the clean, consumer side, we had a bevy of unveilings of hybrids, plug-in hybrids and pure electrics ? highlighted by the all-electric Tesla S sedan and production concepts from BMW?s i division ? while such top automakers as Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Jaguar (briefly) and Ferrari revealed plans for supercars powered by hybrid drivetrains. Meanwhile, Mazda shook up the clean-diesel proponents ? essentially German ? by unveiling its Mazda6 diesel. Turbocharging has also come increasingly into play for reducing engine sizes, gaining mileage and lowering emissions. The Toyota Prius lineup became a top seller worldwide, although the Nissan Leaf electric car and the Chevy Volt extended-range electric car have failed to meet sales targets.

Toyota Ponies Up ? Massive fines and settlements are being paid by the Japanese giant as a result of its 2009-2010 pedal-entrapment and unintended-acceleration woes. Just this month came the biggest fine ever levied against an automaker by the feds, $17.4 million, which adds up to total fines of about $60 million for failing to address the complaints in a timely manner. And this week came the announcement that Toyota would be paying out $1.1 billion to settle scores of lawsuits and claims, including the installation of brake-override systems in about 3.25 million of its vehicles. The amount could grow to $1.4 billion once it?s all tallied up.

Overblown Mileage Claims ? First it was the South Korean siblings, Hyundai and Kia, which performed numerous mea culpas and paid heavy cash penalties after it was revealed that the fuel-mileage figures for their cars were just a bit, well, optimistic. Now, Ford faces a federal review after complaints that the C-Max and Fusion hybrids fail to register the lofty mileage numbers that the automaker claims.

Connectivity Advances ? Automakers are devising all kinds of ways to connect your smart phone to your automobile, from providing owners? manuals and tutorials to integrating with the vehicles? entertainment, navigation and computer functions. They are also experimenting with replacing car keys with phones.

SRT Viper Reborn ? The first product from Chrysler?s new SRT division, the V10-powered supercar is thoroughly updated with greater performance and refinement, though it?s still the rawest muscle car out there. The Viper is the broadest statement of a resurgent Chrysler, which has had a very good sales year that included the first road-going manifestation of the Fiat/Chrysler union: the compact Dodge Dart.

Bob Golfen, Automotive Editor for SPEED.com, is a veteran auto writer based in Phoenix, Arizona, with a passion for collector cars, car culture and the automotive lifestyle. SPEED.com fans can email Bob Golfen at

Source: http://automotive.speedtv.com/article/autos-top-10-stories-of-2012/

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Picture of the day: Junior dos Santos shows why holding pads for him is no fun

UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos will put his title on the line at UFC 155 this weekend. He got in some training outside his hotel on Christmas, and his partner showed why holding pads for such a hard hitter is not an easy job. He is wearing padding all over, and do you blame him?

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/picture-day-junior-dos-santos-shows-why-holding-232450809--mma.html

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Mobile - just don&#39;t ring or text - Stuff

Councillors refuse to use cellphones

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HANDS-FREE: Nelson city councillors Mike Ward left, Gail Collingwood and Derek Shaw do not own cellphones.

In a society which has forced dependence on cars and cellular communications, three city councillors refuse to succumb.

Perhaps they do not know what they are missing, or maybe that is the point.

Councillors Mike Ward, Derek Shaw and Gail Collingwood do not own cellphones, and the first two do not hold a driver's licence. Pedal-power or walking has long been the preferred mode of transport, while email has become the communications mode of choice for all three.

As a former parliamentarian Mr Ward once had a cellphone. An attempt to switch it to a private plan might have worked had he held a driver's licence.

"I went to the store in Nelson to renew the contract but they said I needed photo ID. I said, ?what do you mean, I was only drinking coffee with you the day before'.

"Because I don't have a licence, I took a clipping of a newspaper article that had a photo of me in it but they wouldn't accept it."

The final blow was when Mr Ward dropped the Blackberry in a puddle, and drowned it.

"I don't find it inconvenient. I'll always stop what I'm doing to talk to people if they want to drop into my studio.

"Because I don't have a cellphone I do what I've done forever - I let people know where I'm going."

The Hardy St studio is where Mr Ward now spends large parts of each day as a jewellery artist and preparing for council. Unlike Mr Shaw, he does have an answering machine on his home phone, but hardly ever clears his messages.

Mr Ward said he never got around to learning to drive.

"I once had a lesson with my mother when I was young but it was a bit chaotic. It wasn't much fun - maybe I was poorly co-ordinated or something.

"My younger brother went to sea and he owned a Morris 8 which he said I could drive, but I just never got around to it."

Mr Shaw chose not to have a cellphone because he does not need one. He said people got by without them before, but accepted they were good for keeping in touch with the children. If his partner did not have one then he probably would.

"Everyone else in the household has one so I figured I don't need one. I spend enough on communications, with two landlines, broadband and facsimile.

"Most people either fax or email me - I prefer email so I can respond in my own time."

Mr Shaw does not drive either. The family car is driven by his partner.

As a student Mr Shaw once held a motorbike licence, but let it lapse.

"I did resolve once to get a licence when there was a particular time I needed one when it proved inconvenient not to have one."

Those were the days of young children. "I decided I'd sit the test in Southland when we were down there on holiday, but when I got there the office was closed for a time and not open until after we were due to leave Invercargill.

"I took that as a sign I could do without it."

He takes their youngest son to athletics at Saxton Field on the tandem pushbike, but on the whole he did not think their children had been too disadvantaged. The elder two do not drive either.

"I admit it would be handy being able to share the drive to and from Invercargill though."

Mrs Collingwood felt she managed fine without a cellphone, as people seemed to prefer to use email anyway.

"I just felt I could manage without one. I have friends who have one in the event they're needed in an emergency, but they never switch them on. If there was an emergency no-one would be able to contact them."

Mrs Collingwood said she was "not a complete luddite", and rattled off the things she did like about mobile phones, like all the apps.

Tasman district counterparts all had cellphones and all drove a vehicle, which was essential because of the distances involved in getting around the district. Cellphones were also an essential tool in their roles, spokesman Chris Choat said.

- ? Fairfax NZ News

Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/8125242/Mobile-just-don-t-ring-or-text

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Three Reasons to Move Your Body - Living Well In Saratoga Springs ...

By Sarah A LoBisco, ND

Now that the holidays are in full swing, the last thing people are thinking about is dieting!? This results in one of the top New Year's Resolutions: weight loss.

This after thought of holiday splurging is probably most evident in various fitness centers attendance rates: cycling at full speed ahead in January and dead at the doorknob in July.

It's true, diets work, but they don't last. It's only with shifting lifestyle habits,such as nurturing the body with healthy foods, that optimal weight can be maintained. In fact, one of the pitfalls of dieting, besides the emotional swings from yo-yo weight loss, is an obsessive focus on food "laws" and body image distortions.

(I actually highlighted this as a thought to ponder on my "December 2012 Holistic Health Top Reads" on my homepage. Make sue you key in your thoughts.)

Although many still are of the belief that they can burn calories with working out to make up for an unhealthy diet, this is simply not true. Exercise can aid in weight management by increasing muscle mass and curbing cravings, but it must be in conjunction with a healthy diet, balanced hormones, optimal digestive function, and quenching inflammation systemically.

Still, the other health benefits of exercise can't be overstated. My previous blogs discuss some of the brain boosting and mood support exercise has. Besides these facts and optimal weight maintenance, here's more proof below on how moving your body can also has reduce pain and has heart promoting properties.

Read on to learn more about....

Exercise Tips:

Move it to Beat Join Pain

Ignoring the pain won't make it go away. Nor will avoiding all motions that spark discomfort. In fact, limiting your movements can weaken muscles, compounding joint trouble, and affect your posture, setting off a cascade of further problems. And while pain relievers and cold or hot packs may offer quick relief, fixes like these are merely temporary.

By contrast, the right set of exercises can be a long-lasting way to tame ankle, knee, hip, or shoulder pain. Practiced regularly, joint pain relief workouts might permit you to postpone -- or even avoid -- surgery on a problem joint that has been worsening for years by strengthening key supportive muscles and restoring flexibility. Over time, you may find limitations you've learned to work around will begin to ease. Tasks and opportunities for fun that have been weeded out of your repertoire by necessity may come back into reach, too.

Harvard Medical School. The Secret to Joint Pain Relief-Exercise. Harvard Health Publications 10/4/12. http://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/the-secret-to-joint-pain-relief-exercise?e=mkester%40nci.com&j=28081960&l=16278673_HTML&mid=148797&u=323662523&jb=0

Yoga Boosts Stress-Busting Hormone, Reduces Pain, Study Finds

A new study by York University researchers finds that practicing yoga reduces the physical and psychological symptoms of chronic pain in women with fibromyalgia. The study is the first to look at the effects of yoga on cortisol levels in women with fibromyalgia. The condition, which predominantly affects women, is characterized by chronic pain and fatigue; common symptoms include muscle stiffness, sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal discomfort, anxiety and depression

York University (2011, July 27). Yoga boosts stress-busting hormone, reduces pain, study finds. ScienceDaily. Accessed August 2, 2011.

Exercise + Fish Oil= Better Heart Outcomes!

Taking fish oil and exercising had a combination heart boosting effect by lowering triglycerides (TAG) and atherogenic lipid molecules!

Fish oil was shown to independently improve plasma TAG homeostasis but did not resolve hyper-chylomicronaemia. Instead, combining fish oil with chronic exercise reduced the plasma concentration of pro-atherogenic chylomicron remnants; in addition it reduced the fasting and postprandial TAG response in viscerally obese insulin resistant subjects.

Karin M Slivkoff-Clark, Anthony P James and John CL Mamo^. The chronic effects of fish oil with exercise on postprandial lipaemia and chylomicron homeostasis in insulin resistant viscerally obese men. Nutrition & Metabolism 2012, 9:9?doi:10.1186/1743-7075-9-9. http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/9/1/9

Source: http://www.saratoga.com/living-well/2012/12/three-reasons-to-move-your-body.html

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Affleck Won't Be Running for Senate

Those hoping the United States Senate may get a little less gray and a bit more celebrity-studded won't be getting their Christmas miracle today.

Despite speculation, Ben Affleck announced late Monday he would not go after John Kerry's Senate seat in his native Massachusetts if the senator is confirmed as secretary of state.

The actor, who has been an increasingly popular presence in the political world recently, wrote on his Facebook page: "I love Massachusetts and our political process, but I am not running for office."

Chatter around a possible run went into overdrive Sunday when during an appearance on CBS' "Face the Nation" the Cambridge native decidedly did not rule it out saying, "One never knows. I'm not one to get into conjecture."

In the post he mentions his charity work in the Congo, something he discussed on ABC's This Week as well as testifying before Congress, as one of the reasons he's not interested in entering Bay State politics.

"Right now it's a privilege to spend my time working with Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI), supporting our veterans, drawing attention to the great many who go hungry in the U.S. everyday and using filmmaking to entertain and foster discussion about issues like our relationship to Iran," Affleck said.

The movie star added his praise of Kerry, writing: "We are about to get a great Secretary of State."

"There are some phenomenal candidates in Massachusetts for his Senate seat. I look forward to an amazing campaign," Affleck added.

As for some of those candidates on the list, Gov. Deval Patrick is likely to appoint a replacement to fill Kerry's seat in the interim period. Former Massachusetts governor and Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, as well as Vicki Kennedy, the widow of Ted Kennedy, are on Patrick's list, according to reports.

Scott Brown, who lost to Elizabeth Warren in November, is widely believed to be the likely Republican nominee and is viewed as a strong contender. On the Democratic side there are several names often mentioned currently in the U.S. House of Representatives: Edward Markey, Michael Capuano, and Stephen Lynch. Other possibilities include Martha Coakley, the state attorney general who originally lost to Brown in the 2010 special election held after Kennedy's death, which Brown won.

Patrick has said he won't appoint anyone until Kerry is confirmed at state.

ABC News' Elizabeth Hartfield contributed to this report.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ben-affleck-wont-running-senate-185449033--abc-news-politics.html

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